Escapade

English

Noun

Escapade (plural Escapades)

1. A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.

Thesaurus

antic, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, caper, carousal, carouse, celebration, debauch, drinking bout, fling, frolic, lark, mischief, orgy, ploy, prank, randan, randy, revel, roguery, rollick, spree, tear, toot, vagary, wingding

Etymology

From French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕs'kə-pād'
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Translations

daring or adventurous act; undertaking which goes against convention

Dutch: escapade (nl) f. German: Eskapade (de) f.

Russian: эскапада (ru) f.

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Galician

Verb

Escapade

1. second-person plural imperative of escapar