capade

plural capades

1. in compoundsusuallyAn exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.

   In September 1951, two Catskills—style comedy shows, Bagels and Yox and Mickey Katz's Borscht Capades opened on Broadway.

   2013, Mark Cohen, Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman

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   A feature of "Horse-capades" will be the appearance of horses and chariots used in the Academy award winning motion picture "Ben-Hur."

   1960 May 22, “Chariots of 'Ben-Hur' in Medinah's 'Horsecapades'”, in Chicago Tribune

   Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, who has crisscrossed the world as a "special correspondent" on his BusCapade and JetCapade

   1988 December 12, New York Magazine, volume 21, number 49, page 14

   Walt Disney announced that it was recalling 3.4 million copies of the newly remastered video version of The Rescuers, its 1977 animated mice-capade.

   1999 January 22, “Mouse Droppings”, in Entertainment Weekly

2. in compoundsusuallyAn adventure.

   Years later Mom found out about our childhood bike-capades. She just shook her head.

   2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas

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   I've wondered what happened when the little boy ran home and told his mom about his lunch-capade.

   2006, Patsy Clairmont, B. J. Thomas, Jerry B. Jenkins, All Cracked Up, page 56

   And you don't think it's inconsistent for the leader of a religion to indulge in sexcapades with porn stars and watch pornographic films in his spare time?

   2010, Robert Morrow, Ringing True, page 307