capriole 1 of 2

noun

Definition of capriolenext
as in gambado

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capriole

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verb

as in to romp

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
  1. romp
  2. caper
  3. attack
  4. skip
  5. gambol
  6. bounce
  7. frolic
  8. cavort
Verb
  • More:Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller romp through five hours of rock sing-alongs Dave Mason is still moving forward Despite Mason’s journeyman career playing with musical greats, his personal life often took dark turns.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Glenn throttled Metzenbaum in the primary, with more than 56% of the vote, and romped in the general election over Cleveland’s Republican Mayor Ralph J. Perk.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 July 2024
Definition of romp
Noun
  • This traditional soup is crafted with three types of native potatoes, corn and shredded chicken, then elegantly finished with capers and cream.
    Taryn White, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The dish was based on Salinas' personal recipe, featuring a generous portion of fish bathed in a spicy sauce peppered with capers and jalapeño chiles topped with crispy ribbons of tortilla strips.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of caper
Verb
  • Just two years prior, the NFL team had shelled out more than $1.4 million trying to get Becker elected mayor, and another roughly $1 million attacking Mayor Lisa Gillmor.
    Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • An investigation from DePaul University and the Chicago Police Department is underway after two Jewish students who were visibly showing their support for Israel were attacked on the university’s Lincoln Park campus.
    NBC Chicago, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Anyone offended by an f-bomb—or dozens of them—might want to give this one a skip.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The service has no skip limitations, which is a nice touch.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of skip
Verb
  • Amongst the ornate grandeur of the state rooms and bedrooms, hung in with priceless tapestries and embroideries of gambolling classical Arcadian subjects and vast likenesses of Stuart kings and queens, her work is arresting at every turn.
    Sarah Mower, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • For California’s governor, who loves gamboling on a national stage, the whole evening was a lark.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Definition of gambol
Noun
  • Volumizing shampoos, however, can hit that sweet spot, delivering bounce, body, and nourishment without adding time to wash day.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Music supervisor Jim Black papers the soundtrack with the kinds of pre-rock kitsch (by Guy Lombardo, Paul Whiteman, Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Henry Mancini et al.) that lend both nostalgic bounce and a winking ironic gloss to proceedings.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of bounce
Verb
  • Capricorn One of Jupiter's least favorite signs to frolic in is Capricorn.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The frolicking, spoiled dragons are all singing and twirling and chittering, and this is like the working-class dragon, out here just trying to survive.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of frolic
Verb
  • Celebrities regularly cavorted in Tramp, the glitzy nightclub that first made a splash in London’s Mayfair in 1969.
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Drummers beat time, firecrackers burst and fizz, and demons cavort and dance.
    Matt Ralphs, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of cavort
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