escapade
UK/ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/
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Australia/ˈeskəˌpæɪd/
escapade noun: a daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
Noun
escapade (plural escapades)
- A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
- The Manner of living among the Portugueze here is, with the utmost Frugality and Temperance. […] The beſt of them (excepting the Governor now and then) neither pay nor receive any Viſits of Eſcapade or Recreation; […]1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Captain Howel Davis, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 202
- [Nobody] stood more confounded than Oldbuck at this sudden escapade of his nephew. "Is the devil in him," was his first exclamation, "to go to disturb the brute?"1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 9, in The Antiquary - Volume II
escapade meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
escapade in Tamil
- நடத்த, பொறுப்பற்ற நடத்தை
escapade in Bengali
- দুঃসাহসিক, কৌতুকপূর্ণ অভিযান, নিয়মবহির্ভূত কোনো কাজ
escapade in Malayalam
- stunt, exploit, caper
- സാഹസികപ്രകടനം, വീരസാഹസപ്രവൃത്തി, അത്ഭുതപ്രകടനം, അപകടകരമായ മെയ്യഭ്യാസപ്രകടനം, സാഹസികമായ രക്ഷപെടൽ, രക്ഷപെടൽ
escapade in Kannada
- ಮೈನವಿರೇಳಿಸುವ, ಅಪಾಯಕಾರಿಯಾದ ಸಾಹಸಕಾರ್ಯ, ತುಂಟಾಟ, ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛೆಯ ವ್ಯವಹಾರ, ಮನಸ್ವೀ ನಡತೆ, ಬೇಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ವರ್ತನೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- escapade in Indonesian
- petualangan
Examples of escapade in a sentence
- There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.1918, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim:
- He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.2011 March 4, Richard Corliss, "The Adjustment Bureau" (film review), Time (retrieved 23 March 2014)
Forms of escapade
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Origin of escapade
Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre.
Words formed from escapade
Words that rhyme with escapade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about escapade
- What does escapade mean?
- Escapade means a daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
- What is escapade in Tamil?
- Escapade in Tamil is நடத்த, பொறுப்பற்ற நடத்தை. See Escapade meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use escapade in a sentence?
- There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.
- What part of speech is escapade?
- Escapade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce escapade?
- Escapade is pronounced /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of escapade?
- The plural of escapade is escapades.
Words near escapade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: escapade (page history and authors); escapade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Escapade (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); escapade (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); escapade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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