The book brings back hardboiled detective Tom Jackson for another caper involving drugs, murder, and intrigue.
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Caper
//ˈkeɪpɚ//
Synonyms for "caper" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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More general
16 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesdbpedia genus
1 entriesderived
11 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
138 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κάππαρις noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- κάππαρις noun (plant)
Arabic
4 entries- شَفَلَّح noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- شَفَلَّح noun (plant)
- قَبَّار noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- قَبَّار noun (plant)
Aramaic
4 entries- ܟܲܦܵܪ noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- ܟܲܦܵܪ noun (plant)
- ܢܹܝܨܦܵܐ noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- ܢܹܝܨܦܵܐ noun (plant)
Armenian
1 entries- կապար noun (plant)
Bulgarian
4 entries- каперсник noun (plant)
- подскачане noun (playful leap)
- подрипвам verb (jump about playfully)
- подскачам verb (jump about playfully)
Catalan
2 entries- taperera noun (plant)
- tàpera noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مارگیرە noun (plant)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 水瓜柳 noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- 水瓜柳 noun (plant)
- 雀躍 /雀跃 noun (playful leap)
- 雀躍 /雀跃 verb (jump about playfully)
Czech
4 entries- kaparovník trnitý noun (plant)
- poskok noun (playful leap)
- výskok noun (playful leap)
- křepčit verb (jump about playfully)
Danish
1 entries- kapers noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Dutch
4 entries- kappertje noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kapriool noun (playful leap)
- bokkesprong maken verb (jump about playfully)
- opspringen verb (jump about playfully)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaporo noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Estonian
1 entries- kappar noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Finnish
4 entries- kapriksen nuppu noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kapris noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kapris noun (plant)
- loikka noun (playful leap)
French
4 entries- cabriole noun (playful leap)
- câpre noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- batifoler verb (jump about playfully)
- cabrioler verb (jump about playfully)
Galician
2 entries- cabriola noun (playful leap)
- cabriolar verb (jump about playfully)
Georgian
1 entries- ჯონჯოლი noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
German
2 entries- Kaper noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- Kapernstrauch noun (plant)
Greek
2 entries- κάπαρη noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- κάπαρη noun (plant)
Hebrew
3 entries- צָלָף noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- צָלָף noun (plant)
- קִפֵּץ verb (jump about playfully)
Hungarian
4 entries- kapri noun (plant)
- kapribogyó noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- ugrabugra noun (playful leap)
- ugrabugrálás noun (playful leap)
Icelandic
1 entries- kapers noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Irish
2 entries- capras noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- tor caprais noun (plant)
Italian
4 entries- cappero noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- cappero noun (plant)
- saltellamento noun (playful leap)
- sobbalzo noun (playful leap)
Korean
2 entries- 케이퍼 noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- 케이퍼 noun (plant)
Latin
1 entries- capparis noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Māori
2 entries- pōteketeke verb (jump about playfully)
- pōtēteke verb (jump about playfully)
Norwegian
1 entries- kapers noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Old Armenian
1 entries- կապար noun (plant)
Persian
3 entries- کبار noun (plant)
- کبر noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- کبر noun (plant)
Polish
2 entries- kapar noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kapar noun (plant)
Portuguese
1 entries- alcaparra noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Romanian
4 entries- caper noun (plant)
- caperă noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- salt noun (playful leap)
- săritură noun (playful leap)
Russian
4 entries- ка́перс noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- ка́перс noun (plant)
- коле́нце noun (playful leap)
- прыжо́к noun (playful leap)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- capar noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȁpra noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kȁpra noun (plant)
- kȁpār noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kȁpār noun (plant)
Sicilian
1 entries- chiàpparu noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Slovene
1 entries- kapra noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Spanish
3 entries- alcaparra noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- alcaparro noun (plant)
- cabriola noun (playful leap)
Swedish
4 entries- glädjeskutt noun (playful leap)
- glädjesprång noun (playful leap)
- kapris noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- kapris noun (plant)
Turkish
2 entries- gebre noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- gebre otu noun (plant)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ка́перс noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- підскакувати verb (jump about playfully)
- підстрибувати verb (jump about playfully)
Welsh
3 entries- capryn noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- caprysen noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
- llwyn caprys noun (plant)
Xhosa
1 entries- intsihlo noun (plant)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַפּער noun (pickled bud of Capparis spinosa)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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?
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The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress[.]
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He capered before them down towards the fortyfoot hole, fluttering his winglike hands, leaping nimbly, Mercury’s hat quivering in the fresh wind that bore back to them his brief birdsweet cries.
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