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cut a caper

cut a caper verb: to frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.

Verb

cut a caper (third-person singular simple present cuts a caper, present participle cutting a caper, simple past and past participle cut a caper)

  1. To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.
    • Sir Andrew: Faith, I can cut a caper.
      Sir Toby Belch: And I can cut the mutton to't.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • I thought he intended to cut a caper round the bed; but suddenly composing himself, he fell on his knees.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC

Forms of cut a caper

third-person singular presentcuts a caper
present participlecutting a caper
past participlecut a caper
pastcut a caper

Questions about cut a caper

What does cut a caper mean?
Cut a caper means to frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.
What part of speech is cut a caper?
Cut a caper is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut a caper?
The past tense of cut a caper is cut a caper.

Words near cut a caper in the dictionary

  1. Cusumano
  2. Cusumanos
  3. CUSUMs
  4. Cusworth
  5. cut
  6. cut a caper
  7. cut a dash
  8. cut a deal
  9. cut a feather
  10. cut a figure
  11. cut a rug

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