[f. CAPER v. + -ING1.] Frolicsome dancing or leaping.
1599. Marston, Sco. Villanie, 193. To shew his capring skill.
1793. W. Roberts, Looker-on, No. 84. The leaping and capering she [the hare] displays.
1868. Helps, Realmah, xv. (1876), 410. Not to be indulged in caperings of their own.
