capade

English

Etymology

From Ice Capades, a skating entertainment show, the name of which is a pun on escapade.

Noun

capade (plural capades)

1. (usually in combination, in proper nouns) An exhibition or event, usually for entertainment.
   • 1960 May 22, “Chariots of 'Ben-Hur' in Medinah's 'Horsecapades'”, in Chicago Tribune:

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

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

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

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

     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.

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

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

2. (usually in combination) An adventure.
   • 2006, Patsy Clairmont, B. J. Thomas, Jerry B. Jenkins, All Cracked Up‎, page 56:

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

   • 2010, Robert Morrow, Ringing True‎, page 307:

     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?

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

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

Usage notes

• Often used in the names of events or performances.

Derived terms

• sexcapade

Galician

Verb

capade

1. second-person plural imperative of capar