caper

Examples

• All

• - What's the caper?

  Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

• Robot & Frank is at once a comic caper movie and an elegiac examination of aging and loss.

  Academic text (2017)

• What kind of a caper is this?

  The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

• Your little caper cost him five friends last night.

  Shaft (1971)

• Yes, how is that little caper going, Johnny?

  The Libertine (2004)

• Nobody was injured in that caper, at least.

  Blog text (24)

• "How are we going to get it?" "What if we pulled off some little caper?" Mario asked.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Lester Nelson joined us on that caper.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "We're having a caper," she said amid the open-window rush, as Thrip began to plead.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The kids planned a funny caper to surprise their parents on their anniversary.

Synonyms

J

joke

vscaper

∞ 1.0

Something said or done to make people laugh

is more adventurous and mischievous rather than just a funny remark or story

P

prank

vscaper

• Informal

202 3.2

A playful trick done to make people laugh, often at another person

is more general and may not target someone or cause harm

T

trick

vscaper

• Informal

74 1.6

A playful act done to surprise or make people laugh

is lighter and more playful rather than grotesque or strange

A

antic

vscaper

53 5.6

Funny, silly actions people do to make others laugh

is more like a light-hearted escapade rather than a single theatrical act

F

frolic

vscaper

10 3.8

A playful time when people run and laugh

is more mischievous and often a light-hearted escapade rather than simple play

R

romp

vscaper

8 4.6

Lively, carefree play that often involves running and laughing

is more mischievous and planned rather than carefree physical play

P

put-on

vscaper

• Informal

4 7.5

A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh

is playful mischief without the main aim of deceiving others

G

gambol

vscaper

• Literature

2 8.0

A playful activity done for fun

is more mischievous and often intended as a silly escapade rather than plain play

H

hilarious caper

vscaper

4.7

A funny adventure that is playful and makes people laugh

is similar but focuses on playful mischief not necessarily very funny

L

latest caper

vscaper

• Informal

6.9

A recent playful or bold adventure someone does for fun

is the general playful act without implying recency or boldness

Compounds

B

bay-leaved caper

• US

9.9

A small tree or bush with leaves like a bay tree used in tropical gardens

B

bean-caper family

• Specialized

9.9

A group of small trees, shrubs, and herbs that grow in hot, dry, salty places and are sometimes poisonous

B

bean caper

8.7

A small bush whose pickled flower buds are used in cooking

C

caper family

• Specialized

9.2

A group of flowering plants that includes the caper bush

C

caper sauce

5.4

A rich creamy sauce made with capers for fish or vegetables

C

caper spurge

• Specialized

9.9

A poisonous plant with milky sap whose seeds have an oil once used as a laxative

C

caper tree

• US

9.9

A small tree or shrub that has edible flower buds and fruit

C

Colaptes caper collaris

• Specialized

9.9

A woodpecker from the western United States with red feathers under its wings and tail

C

common caper

7.3

A spiny bush from the Mediterranean grown for its pickled flower buds

L

latest caper

• Informal

6.9

A recent playful or bold adventure someone does for fun

H

hilarious caper

4.7

A funny adventure that is playful and makes people laugh

J

Jamaica caper tree

• US

9.1

A small tree or shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers from warm places like Florida and the West Indies

S

Syrian bean caper

9.9

A bush from the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia whose flower buds are used as capers in cooking

How Mischievous

escapade

24 6.8

caper

• Informal

9 5.3

to prank

• Informal

16 2.9

antic

53 5.6

Surface Forms

Etymology