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capade

capade noun: an exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.

Noun

capade (plural capades)

  1. (in-compounds, usually) An exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.
    • A feature of "Horse-capades" will be the appearance of horses and chariots used in the Academy award winning motion picture "Ben-Hur."1960 May 22, “Chariots of 'Ben-Hur' in Medinah's 'Horsecapades'”, in Chicago Tribune
    • Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, who has crisscrossed the world as a "special correspondent" on his BusCapade and JetCapade1988 December 12, New York Magazine, volume 21, number 49, page 14
  2. (in-compounds, usually) An adventure.
    • I've wondered what happened when the little boy ran home and told his mom about his lunch-capade.2006, Patsy Clairmont, B. J. Thomas, Jerry B. Jenkins, All Cracked Up, page 56
    • And you don't think it's inconsistent for the leader of a religion to indulge in sexcapades with porn stars and watch pornographic films in his spare time?2010, Robert Morrow, Ringing True, page 307

Examples of capade in a sentence

  • Walt Disney announced that it was recalling 3.4 million copies of the newly remastered video version of The Rescuers, its 1977 animated mice-capade.1999 January 22, “Mouse Droppings”, in Entertainment Weekly:
  • In September 1951, two Catskills—style comedy shows, Bagels and Yox and Mickey Katz's Borscht Capades opened on Broadway.2013, Mark Cohen, Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman:
  • Years later Mom found out about our childhood bike-capades.2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas:

Forms of capade

pluralcapades

Origin of capade

From Ice Capades, a skating entertainment show, the name of which is a pun on escapade.

Words formed from capade

Questions about capade

What does capade mean?
Capade means an exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.
How do you use capade in a sentence?
Walt Disney announced that it was recalling 3.4 million copies of the newly remastered video version of The Rescuers, its 1977 animated mice-capade.
What part of speech is capade?
Capade is a noun.
What is the plural of capade?
The plural of capade is capades.

Words near capade in the dictionary

  1. capacity utilization rate
  2. capacity utilization rates
  3. capacity utilizations
  4. capacocha
  5. capacochas
  6. capade
  7. capades
  8. capaholic
  9. capaholics
  10. Capalayan
  11. Capalbo

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