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Capered

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ca⋅per

1  [key-per]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol.
–noun
2. a playful leap or skip.
3. a prank or trick; harebrained escapade.
4. a frivolous, carefree episode or activity.
5. Slang. a criminal or illegal act, as a burglary or robbery.
—Idiom
6. cut a caper. cut (def. 80a).
Origin:
1585–95; fig. use of L caper he-goat (c. OE hæfer, ON hafr, OIr caera sheep < a West IE term *kap-(e)ro- for a domesticated smaller animal); for the meaning, cf. dog (v.)

Related forms:
ca⋅per⋅er, noun
ca⋅per⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. stunt, antic, shenanigans. 4. spree, frolic.
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ca·per 1   (kā'pər)   
n.  

  1. A playful leap or hop.

  2. A frivolous escapade or prank.

  3. Slang An illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.

intr.v.   ca·pered, ca·per·ing, ca·pers
To leap or frisk about; frolic.

[Alteration of capriole.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
caper [ˈkepɚ]

  1. n.
    any stunt or event; a trick or a scam. : That little caper the kids did with the statue from the town square was a dandy.
  2. n.
    a criminal job: theft, kidnapping, blackmail, etc. (Underworld.) : The black and whites pulled up right in the middle of the caper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

caper  (v.)
1588, probably from It. capriolare "jump in the air" (see cab). Meaning "prank" is from 1840s; that of "crime" is from 1926. To cut capers is 1601.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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