Meanings
verbcut a caper (third-person singular simple present cuts a caper, present participle cutting a caper, simple past and past participle cut a caper)
present singular third person cuts a caper · participle present cutting a caper
- To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.
Sir Andrew: Faith, I can cut a caper. Sir Toby Belch: And I can cut the mutton to't.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]1 more example
I thought he intended to cut a caper round the bed; but suddenly composing himself, he fell on his knees.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
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