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| action-adventure |
of or pertaining to the genre of action-adventure. [1/2 definitions] |
| caper1 |
a playful trick or adventure; silly act. [1/3 definitions] |
| comic book |
a book or magazine that contains a series of cartoons that tell a story. Some comic books tell funny stories, but many comic books are about adventure, love, or other things. |
| dime novel |
a cheap paperback novel with much adventure or romance. |
| escapade |
a wild adventure or prank, usu. mischievous or mildly wicked. |
| lark2 |
a happy adventure. |
| odyssey |
an extended, wandering journey of adventure or quest. [1/2 definitions] |
| picaresque |
of, relating to, or like an episodic adventure story, of a type originating in Spain, about a rogue and his escapades. [1/2 definitions] |
| picaro |
a roguish adventure-seeker, esp. such a character in literary works. |
| point of no return |
an analogous point in an undertaking, adventure, or the like, at which those involved are unwilling or unable to stop. [1/2 definitions] |
| romance |
the spirit of adventure and love, either in life or in literature and film. [1/4 definitions] |
| set forth |
to begin a journey or adventure. [1/2 definitions] |
| set out |
to start on a journey or begin an adventure. [1/5 definitions] |
| tame |
dull or without adventure. [1/4 definitions] |
| Tarzan |
the title character and protagonist of a series of twentieth-century jungle adventure stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. [1/2 definitions] |
| The Nibelungenlied |
a thirteenth-century Middle High German epic poem that recounts the adventure of Siegfried. |
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