caprioled

Definition of capriolednext
past tense of capriole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caprioled
Verb
  • Children romped around in the park’s playground while adults went from booth to booth speaking with various vendors and gathering resource handouts.
    Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • With a 56-22 dismantling of Oregon, Indiana has romped through this College Football Playoff like nothing the sport has seen in years, if ever.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • One study in 2020 surveyed 261 herders in Mongolia, another common habitat for snow leopards; while many reported having seen snow leopards, or had their livestock attacked by snow leopards, none reported any attacks on humans.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The upstream piranhas attacked her, and her blood flowing downstream attracted the rest of the piranhas, leaving the creek clear for the herd to cross.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If Engstrand had stayed while maintaining his title of offensive coordinator, the Jets could have skipped the interview process required for offensive and defensive coordinators.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Last week, Brightline skipped an interest payment on a different series of bonds.
    Tom Hudson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Yet unlike nearly every match in recent memory where they have been swept away, Villa bucked the trend.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Hong Kong's Hang Seng index bucked the trend, falling marginally and seeing losses mainly in basic materials stocks, while the CSI 300 index on mainland China was flat.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Caprioled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caprioled. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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