caper

IPA: kˈeɪpɝ

A playful leap or jump.
A jump while dancing.
A prank or practical joke.
(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
A plant of the genus Capparis.
(Scotland) The capercaillie.

Examples of "caper" in Sentences

*Dans dans* *sings* Pinkee Pinkee Paw Pads * caper caper*
I have one 5000-word caper story that I have no idea what to do with.
I came up with a potential market for the 5000-word caper I mentioned yesterday.
But all Toledo police have to work with in this caper is a gravestone carved with "Conard Yahn 1876-1898."
This caper is gonna make for a long day at the office for the good folks at the RNC/McCain press operation.
The High Society Cheesecake caper is one of many real-life turkey dramas playing out this spring in what could be called “Turkeys Gone Wild.”
This crime caper is set in and around the Leonard family’s home turf of Detroit and centers on a recent widow struggling with her teenage son when her first love, an ex-con, reappears.
I’d recommend the broiled oysters with anchovy butter (plate-licking worthy garlic butteriness … mmm) and the soft shell crabs sauteed in caper butter (sensing a theme here?) in the summer.
This chick lit Cinderella caper is a fun tale especially when the lead character seeks advice from her friend and pros like a hooker instead of a guidebook like THE HOPELESS ROMANTIC’S HANDBOOK.
The amazing thing about this Midnight Louie cat crime caper is that the feline is on his third life of books, but the writing magician Carole Nelson Douglas shows her skills by keeping the frolic fresh, funny and fun.