caper

Definition

A playful leap or jump.

Etymology

Clipping of capriole.

Example Sentences

• "His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?"
• "The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress[.]"

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