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• Capers Funnye is a knowledgeable, committed Jew and, as an Obama relative, has exceptional yichus.2009 April 19, “Obama’s Rabbi”, in New York Times. From the entry yichus
• These include veal, chicken, skate served with browned butter, capers and lemon.2006 April 24, Kate B, “Top 10 Home-Cooked Meals”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 Mar 2026. From the entry schnitzelly
• Caper Spurge fruits were mistakenly pickled by several women and when ingested caused severe illness.1986 January 1, Thomas C. Fuller, Elizabeth May McClintock, Poisonous Plants of California, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 136. From the entry caper spurge
• Gaylord Ravenal elevated the right eyebrow and looked down his aristocratic nose at the capering little captain.1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat, Doubleday, Page & Co, page 181. From the entry gaylord
• You, yourself, have heard the horns and dodged the capers of the Saturnalians.1906 December, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Compliments of the Season”, in Ainslee’s […], volume XVIII, number 5, New…. From the entry saturnalian
• Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135. From the entry red
• The outlandishness of the capers in this first season might surprise viewers who remember “Hawaii Five-0” as “Dragnet” with lehua blossoms.2007 April 29, Greg Evans, “‘Dragnet’ With Leis, and the Occasional Ghost”, in New York Times. From the entry lehua
• Buck Island's uplands forest cover also includes frangipani, turpentine, Jamaican caper, manjack, Ginger Thomas, and water mampoo trees.2002, U.S. Virgin Islands: A Guide to National Parklands in the United States Virgin Islands. From the entry manjack
• Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 181. From the entry sledging
• Another stellar entree was Wienerschnitzel, three crisp, buttery escalopes breaded ever so lightly, served with capers, tangy red cabbage and onions.1995 October 22, Patricia Brooks, “Dining Out: A Pub Where Food’s as Serious as Beer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry wienerschnitzel
• What about the east of Suez caper, eh?1967, K. Giles, Death & Mr. Prettyman. From the entry kipper
• Madness grew in the eyes of the capering votaress and was reflected in the eyes of the watchers.1931, Robert E. Howard, The Black Stone. From the entry votaress
• T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian. From the entry pessimism
• There's a merry assortment of two- and four- legged creatures in it and a showful of canine capers sure to retrieve your buried funny bone.1967, The New York Times Book Review - Volume 72, page 88. From the entry showful
• I entered theaters where the happy lotus eaters sat slumped in their massage chairs, transfixed by the glowing tridim images—and capered down the aisles.1963, Robert Silverberg, “To See the Invisible Man”, in Earth in Transit, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1976, page 59. From the entry tridim
• The common name, Caper Spurge, alludes to the resemblance of the spongy capsules to capers, which are young flower buds from quite a different plant, Capparis.1986 January 1, Thomas C. Fuller, Elizabeth May McClintock, Poisonous Plants of California, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 136. From the entry caper spurge
• From the earliest rocking of my cradle, I had known about the capers Brer Rabbit is apt to cut and what the Squinch Owl says from the house top.1935, Zora Neale Hurston, Mules and Men. From the entry house top
• In the Latin of course the billy goat is caper from which we have the obsolete word capreol, meaning nothing more nor less than a plain billy goat.1910, San Francisco Daily Times - Volume 19, page 6. From the entry capreol

Meaning of caper

1. noun A playful leap or jump.
2. noun A jump while dancing.
3. noun A prank or practical joke.

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How do you use caper in a sentence?

Caper is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His caper had failed to find a comic resolution.”

What is a short sentence with caper?

“What about the east of Suez caper, eh?”

What does caper mean?

Caper means a playful leap or jump.