caper
verb (used without object)
are capering
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present progressiveof caper.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I'm a happy man—little Joys are capering all over the place and old Dr. Gloom has packed his grip."
From The Auction Block by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Di and Sancho have caught sight of the guns, and are capering about in the wildest excitement, for it is a long time since they have seen anything more "gamey" than a city pigeon.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various
Tag, Rag, and Bobtail, are capering there, Worse scene, I ween, than Bartlemy Fair!—
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
Dogs are capering about, a collie, a setter, a Boston terrier.
From The Conquest of Fear by Basil King
