capriole 1 of 2

noun

Definition of capriolenext
as in gambado

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capriole

2 of 2

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
  • England romped home against the Caribbean side and the Sri Lankans this summer at home.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Max Verstappen has romped to four consecutive drivers’ titles, his latest confirmed with a fifth-place finish at last week’s race in Las Vegas, while the Dutchman’s Red Bull team has captured the previous two constructors’ titles.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of romp
Noun
  • Here's the technique that makes pasta puttanesca so delicious 02:15 - Source: CNN Italian grandma demonstrates how to make the best pasta puttanesca Olives, capers, anchovies.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Defying this algorithmic blur, Apple TV still felt its Billie Eilish caper was worth $27 million, and Disney forked out $32 million for Elton John: Never Too Late.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of caper
Verb
  • Governments around the world have trained eagles to attack unmanned aircraft.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • According to police reports, Sloan attacked fellow student Mara Daffron before class, puncturing Daffron's spleen.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of attack
Noun
  • Take a hop and a skip outside the USA and find yourself in British Columbia at Whistler Blackcomb.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of skip
Verb
  • The new brand’s packaging and visual identity – created by Mexican artist Francisco Herrera and featuring a winged spider monkey — evokes Kahlo’s exotic style, as well as her love of these monkeys, which once gamboled around her garden.
    Joan Oleck, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Those endless summer days spent watching Messi gambol around the football pitches of our souls?
    Jack Lang, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
Definition of gambol
Noun
  • There’s a little bit of a bounce to it that pushes against the TTC, a touch too cutie.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
  • If your hair is dry, brittle, or dull, use this to bring back that luster and bounce.
    Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bounce
Verb
  • The two animals are seen frolicking together through a field in the clip.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
  • On my most recent trip, I was enchanted by the sight of elephants bathing and frolicking in the river.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of frolic
Verb
  • Some 500 of them cavorted at Frank Buck’s Jungle Camp on a humanmade structure called Monkey Mountain.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
    Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of cavort
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