English Dictionary

caper

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkeɪpɚ/

名詞

通例複数形 比喩的用法

A playful leap or jump. / A jump while dancing. / A prank or practical joke. / (usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.

日本語の意味

（踊りながら行う）跳躍、飛び跳ねる動作 / はしゃぎや陽気な跳び（躍動） / いたずら、冗談、実用的なジョークなどの悪ふざけ

At the festival, the child's caper drew everyone's laughter.

祭りで、その子のはしゃぎの跳躍がみんなの笑いを誘った。

意味（1）

A playful leap or jump.

意味（2）

A jump while dancing.

意味（3）

A prank or practical joke.

意味（4）

(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.

意味（5）

(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.

His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?

capers （ plural ）