caper
verb (used without object)
capering
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present participleof caper.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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There’s a scene in “Don’t Worry Darling” where Harry Styles, playing a character named Jack, is shown onstage at a large raucous gathering, spinning and capering before the crowd in a frenzied solo dance.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
This ensemble piece, a communal chorus of witnessing, had a capering quality in the theater as it summoned Till back to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
He has described Flavor, with his comic-strip grin and giant clock medallion, as “a visual character with audio bonuses”: the capering hypeman in a band otherwise defined by stony-faced gravitas.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2020
Douglas’s most recent album, “Black Lion,” from last year, dealt in capering funk, briskly swinging postbop and maximalist contemporary jazz, all arranged for a sextet with a three-horn front line.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
“It was pleasant, in a way, to know that outside their windows, the devil was still capering in a flare of brimstone.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
