caper

«caper» in Mova's school dictionary: a playful jump or skip — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A caper is a playful jump or skip. tree →

2) To caper is to skip, jump and dance about happily. tree →

3) (informal) A caper is a mischievous trick or prank; «cut capers» means to play about or behave naughtily. tree →

sense 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 →
• First he whirled round, then he cut all sorts of capers. tree →
• They capered with joy when the feast was ready. tree →
• The boys were up to their usual capers. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «caper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.