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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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
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
Dogs are capering about, a collie, a setter, a Boston terrier.
From The Conquest of Fear by Basil King
"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
