as in pranks
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
long-ago college capers that have become more rollicking and daring with each recounting
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as in hops
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 capers
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Eggplant appears with linguine, tomato and almond pesto, or nestled with capers and golden raisins between ribbons of mafaldine.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
The menu also includes the option of local fish of the day prepared a la meunière, with lemons, capers and potatoes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, and Holt McCallany round out the supporting cast in a movie full of capers and criminals.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
The couple employed local craftsmen to clear the area and built two terraces supported by drystone walls using the same techniques once employed for cultivating capers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
Alternatively, combine with tomato, garlic, capers, and olives for a puttanesca-style pasta sauce.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
Breakfast items include made-to-order omelets served with roasted potatoes, bacon-egg-and-cheese on a bagel, and their popular homemade lox and cream cheese with capers and dill.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Briny notes—think olives, capers, and anchovies—bring depth, while umami-rich ingredients like mushrooms, aged cheeses, miso, and soy sauce add a satisfying savoriness that lingers.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Eggplant appears with linguine, tomato and almond pesto, or nestled with capers and golden raisins between ribbons of mafaldine.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 Feb. 2026
The menu also includes the option of local fish of the day prepared a la meunière, with lemons, capers and potatoes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, and Holt McCallany round out the supporting cast in a movie full of capers and criminals.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
The couple employed local craftsmen to clear the area and built two terraces supported by drystone walls using the same techniques once employed for cultivating capers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
Alternatively, combine with tomato, garlic, capers, and olives for a puttanesca-style pasta sauce.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
Breakfast items include made-to-order omelets served with roasted potatoes, bacon-egg-and-cheese on a bagel, and their popular homemade lox and cream cheese with capers and dill.
—Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Briny notes—think olives, capers, and anchovies—bring depth, while umami-rich ingredients like mushrooms, aged cheeses, miso, and soy sauce add a satisfying savoriness that lingers.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capers
Noun
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Years of insults and diss tracks and pranks and social media posts have followed, with small islands of peace floating by from time to time.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Reba McEntire is a survivor — of six years of pranks!—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Water for Elephants is a show about a man who loses everything, then hops on a train that's attached to a traveling circus.—
Laura Phillips,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Esty Shapiro, a 19-year-old woman from a Hasidic Jewish sect in Brooklyn, pockets a secret wad of cash, picks up a passport, and hops on a plane to Berlin, all set to the tense soundtrack of a thriller.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Set outside of Carson City, Nevada, during the 1860s on a fictional ranch called Ponderosa, the show followed the adventures and tribulations of the Cartwright family.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
18 Feb. 2026
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Named after the 19th-Century Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston, the cat quickly garnered a large online fanbase, boasting nearly 100,000 followers as of Tuesday who closely tracked his adventures across Westminster.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Then Ross dances the line between Zionism and Judaism.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Maurice Vasquez dances in his prison cell to blaring rap music, wearing a straw hat and designer glasses.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In chats among Kalshi traders on the online forum Discord, some show their reluctance to reveal their trading tricks by misdirecting.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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Coleman was known for her daring stunt tricks in the air.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But then, the moment Buckley walks on, the entire audience leaps to its feet, roaring and clapping for her.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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In a cult classic 1976 film, The Bill Koch Experience, the star slaloms at perilous speed through low brush, dodges cows in a pasture, and also leaps off a boulder, only to tumble.—
Bill Donahue,
Outside,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One reader skips the green pepper entirely and adds extra green onions instead, while another suggests seasoning the sauce to taste and finishing it with a layer of mozzarella during the last few minutes of baking.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2026
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This eerie sensation is further enhanced by elliptical editing that seamlessly skips back and forth in time across the span of just a few days, creating a sense of fluidity across what should feel discontinuous.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Dubbed Blue Palms, the chic villa sports an aquamarine waterfall fountain out front and an ocean-facing infinity pool out back.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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Delaney, who went to both DeLand and Deltona high schools in his youth, and was also chosen as as an astronaut in 2021, sports a full beard and mustache.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Capers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capers. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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