escapade

escapade

1. seikkailu, hurjastelu

Synonyymisanakirja

escapade

virkistyskeino, huvitus, harrastus, kepponen, kuje, pila, syrjähyppy, hanke, projekti, tehtävä, työ, seikkailu, uhkayritys, hurjastelu, uskalias hanke, vaarallinen yritys.

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escapade rimmaa näiden kanssa:

kaade, vaade, jade, kade, made, sade, rankkasade, kultasade, lumisade, monsuunisade...

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Englannin sanakirja

escapade (englanti > suomi)

1. tempaus

escapade englanniksi

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

2. 1724, w:Daniel Defoe|Daniel Defoe (authorship disputed), "Capt. Howel Davis and His Crew" in w:A General History of the Pyrates|A General History of the Pyrates:

The Manner of living among the Portugueze here is, with the utmost Frugality and Temperance. . . . The best of them (excepting the Governor now and then) neither pay nor receive any Visits of Escapade or Recreation.

3. 1816, w:Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary - Volume II, ch. 9:

Nobody stood more confounded than Oldbuck at this sudden escapade of his nephew. "Is the devil in him," was his first exclamation, "to go to disturb the brute?"

4. 1918, w:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse, Piccadilly Jim, ch. 1:

He is always doing something to make himself notorious. There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.

5. 2011 March 4, w:Richard Corliss|Richard Corliss, "http://entertainment.time.com/2011/03/04/the-adjustment-bureau-movie-review/ The Adjustment Bureau" (film review), Time (retrieved 23 March 2014):

He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.

6. (inflection of)

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