capade

English

Etymology

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

Noun

capade (plural capades)

(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^[1], 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^[2]:
  In September 1951, two Catskills—style comedy shows, Bagels and Yox and Mickey Katz's Borscht Capades opened on Broadway.
(usually in combination) An adventure.
- 2006, Patsy Clairmont, B. J. Thomas, Jerry B. Jenkins, All Cracked Up‎^[3], 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^[4], 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^[5]:
  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

second-person plural imperative of capar