Escapade

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  • noun. An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The fling of a horse, or a fit of flinging and capering about.
  • noun. A capricious or freakish action; a wild prank; a foolish or reckless adventure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.
  • noun. Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
  • noun. any carefree episode
  • Word Usage
    "The escapade is part of a contest sponsored by Groupon. com, the online promotion company that's picked up 13 million subscribers since July 2009 by partnering with vendors."
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    labor  project  task  undertaking  
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    antic  bat  bender  binge  bout