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capriole

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verb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
Verb
  • As the camera panned to the right, a golden retriever was spotted sitting against the orange kennel wall alone, looking on as other dogs excitedly romped around.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Good enough to romp it in the Championship, not good enough to make the step up.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Vine leaves were stuffed with grouper cheeks, roasted apricots, and caper leaves.
    Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • This movie isn’t just some cheeky caper, some pessimistic mess about pulling one over grandma.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Particularly his ability to do things at such high speed and to help begin attacking moves in his own half.
    Philipp Lahm, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Police are searching for three suspects who were caught on video repeatedly attacking a 61-year-old trans woman outside of her convenience store in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Other Premium features include offline listening, the ability to play any song, unlimited skips and higher audio quality.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Meeting Expectations Mobile network operators (MNOs) know customers have no patience for lags, skips and long loading times, which becomes even more important for mission-critical business applications used by banks, hospitals and manufacturing facilities.
    Bruce Kelley, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.
    Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The scoring got started early with SJP’s junior midfielder Kevin Correa on a bounce shot just 31 seconds into the game.
    Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Andrew Kelly | Reuters The stock market bounce last week showed once again just how dependent Wall Street has become on the whims of the White House.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If frolicking in the surf or deep-sea swimming isn’t quite your jam, don’t worry—there’s an infinity-edge pool, along with an oceanfront loggia, a summer kitchen, and several sun terraces meant to mimic the coastline.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
  • On Saturday, Brand and his family — his wife, Laura, and their three kids — were photographed frolicking on a beach in Miami, seemingly attempting not to allow the allegations to derail their vacation.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • And inevitably, the new and more socially oriented residents cavorted with each other and with members of the crew.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Muscles ripple as two men cavort along the slack wire within the cube.
    Karen D'Souza, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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