cut capers
Leap with joy
Cut capers means to leap or skip about playfully, or more broadly, to engage in frivolous, mischievous antics.
The phrase comes from the caper as a frisky leap—goats caper, dancers caper.
The children cut capers in the yard after school.
Now somewhat old-fashioned, it often describes silly or attention-seeking behavior: He was cutting capers to impress the guests.
- skipTo deliberately exclude
- friskSearch by touch
- pranceStep high and proud
- harlequinadeComic pantomime with stock characters
- frolicLighthearted playful movement
capriole · dance · gambol · jump for joy · twirl · cavort · leap · romp · clowning · fool around · buffoonery · hop · skylark · jesting · bounding · fooling · spring · jig
physical movement and demeanor
cut capersstand still
Cease all movement
hold still · stand at attention · keep still · trudge · shuffle
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