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Meanings of caper in English

Portuguese
travessura
Catalan
befa
Spanish
broma

A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.

        travessura
        Portuguese
        brincadeira
        Catalan
        entremaliadura

        Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.

              brincadeira
              Spanish
              trabajito

              A crime (especially a robbery)

                    trabajito
                    Spanish
                    brinco

                    A playful leap or hop.

                          brinco
                          Usage of caper in English
                          1
                          They have resolved a long debated problem: how does the caper grow?
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          We want to see Doge in a full-blown box office action caper.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          The broomstick caper alone had cost Ravenclaw and Gryffindor fifty points each.
                          James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
                          4
                          Then the dream hopped up into the air and cut a caper.
                          The Counterpane Fairy
                          5
                          He cut a kind of wumbled caper in his pleasure and excitement.
                          A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
                          6
                          For the time being, I'll settle for beginning with a caper bush.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          Soapy silliness is likewise in plentiful supply in Fellowes's latest hyperventilating caper.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          Let her caper and kick in the paddock to her heart's content.
                          No Name
                          9
                          This retirement caper isn't as peaceful as I expected. She doesn't reply.
                          The Apocalypse Codex
                          10
                          At about this time, too, the property caper took a bad turn.
                          Magic seeds
                          11
                          But you stop your caper or I will stop it for you.
                          The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
                          12
                          Anybody who planned a caper would sure have to plan it well.
                          The Big Fix
                          13
                          The NuPrometheus caper was a complex, highly ideological, and very hacker-like crime.
                          The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
                          14
                          He could never pass a heap of sawdust without cutting a caper.
                          Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
                          15
                          They suspect he had a hand in our little caper in Mashad.
                          The increment: a novel
                          16
                          It's like something Sid James might unfurl in an Ealing comedy caper.
                          The Irish Times
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