capering

verb

present participle of caper
as in dancing
to play and run about happily as summer drew to a close, the children spent their days wistfully capering on the beach

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capering
  1. dancing
  2. leaping
  3. hopping
  4. cavorting
  5. gamboling
  6. romping
  7. larking
  8. frolicking
Verb
  • Kris Jenner Kim Kardashian Kylie Jenner Kylie reshared a tribute post from a fan account that posted a video of little Kylie dancing with her grandmother.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • And if that wasn’t enough, a silver dancing Frozen Charlatan usually interrupts the set until White kicks him off, giving the audience a moment of light comedy.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Definition of dancing
Verb
  • Clark made a leaping catch in the back of the end zone to trim Sierra Canyon’s lead to 21-14 with about nine minutes left.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 19 July 2026
  • That included a nice defensive play by Randal Grichuk, who made a leaping catch at the left-field wall for the first out of the fourth inning.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of leaping
Verb
  • For a Greek Escape Soft whites and baby blues are perfect for island hopping in the Cyclades.
    — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 17 July 2026
  • As a recent article by Bloomberg points out, riders hopping into driverless cabs from Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox are treating driverless trips as a license to unwind.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Definition of hopping
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  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • Sea-facing rooms have views of passing ships, cavorting dolphins and the magnificent sunsets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
Definition of cavorting
Verb
  • The foundation's dogs typically eat about 10 metric tons (22,046 pounds) of dry food each year and spend their summers gamboling in the remnants of snow in the mountains before heading 40 kilometers (25 miles) down winding roads back to the kennel in Barryland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of gamboling
Verb
  • The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
    — Brian Mahoney, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Definition of romping
Verb
  • The Reting Rinpoche dispatched a search team of high lamas, who soon heard about a precocious 2-year-old who enjoyed larking inside chicken coops but also frequently spoke yearningly about making a long journey to Lhasa.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of larking
Verb
  • Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026
  • However, the Scarlet Darkness Floral Smocked Dress is another stunning selection that’s under $35 now, and it’s practically made to be worn while frolicking around a European vineyard.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
Definition of frolicking
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