"capade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capades [plural]
Etymology: From Ice Capades, a skating entertainment show, the name of which is a pun on escapade. Head templates: {{en-noun}} capade (plural capades)
  1. (usually in combination, in proper nouns) An exhibition or event, usually for entertainment. Tags: in-compounds, usually
    Sense id: en-capade-en-noun-Q17i4pVP
  2. (usually in combination) An adventure. Tags: in-compounds, usually
    Sense id: en-capade-en-noun-gxAQ~2Bn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sexcapade

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 May 22, “Chariots of 'Ben-Hur' in Medinah's 'Horsecapades'”, in Chicago Tribune:",
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          "ref": "1988 December 12, New York Magazine, volume 21, number 49, page 14:",
          "text": "Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, who has crisscrossed the world as a \"special correspondent\" on his BusCapade and JetCapade",
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          "ref": "1999 January 22, “Mouse Droppings”, in Entertainment Weekly:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2013, Mark Cohen, Overweight Sensation: The Life and Comedy of Allan Sherman:",
          "text": "In September 1951, two Catskills—style comedy shows, Bagels and Yox and Mickey Katz's Borscht Capades opened on Broadway.",
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        "(usually in combination, in proper nouns) An exhibition or event, usually for entertainment."
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          "ref": "2006, Patsy Clairmont, B. J. Thomas, Jerry B. Jenkins, All Cracked Up, page 56:",
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          "ref": "2010, Robert Morrow, Ringing True, page 307:",
          "text": "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?",
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          "ref": "2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Amy Newmark, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Gift of Christmas:",
          "text": "Years later Mom found out about our childhood bike-capades. She just shook her head.",
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        "(usually in combination) An adventure."
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