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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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