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# caper

noun (capers); verb (caper, capers, capered, capering)

«caper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A caper is a playful jump or skip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#m1)
2. To caper is to skip, jump and dance about happily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#m2)
3. (informal) A caper is a mischievous trick or prank; «cut capers» means to play about or behave naughtily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales people caper for joy, jumping and dancing; children cut capers, playing about or being naughty

### Examples

- The children capered round the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#x1)
- First he whirled round, then he cut all sorts of capers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#x2)
- They capered with joy when the feast was ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#x3)
- The boys were up to their usual capers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caper.html) on Mova free.