cavort
[kuh-vawrt]
verb (used without object)
to prance or caper about.
to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.
Origin of cavort
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Related Words for cavort
gambol, romp, caper, play, rollick, dance, roughhouse, revel, frisk, sport, caracole, horseplayExamples from the Web for cavort
Contemporary Examples of cavort
The complaint further alleges that Glock had a personal slush fund that he used to “cavort with women around the world.”
But watching him cavort with Johnny Damon brought something to mind.
Historical Examples of cavort
Without "cavort" or a "list to port," is as hard—as song to a Neddy!
At that moment the animal began to cavort, and backed into a flower-bed.
Mrs. CraddockW. Somerset Maugham
In the saddle they kin ride, and cavort around hours an hours.
The Saddle Boys at Circle RanchJames Carson
They are in both male and female attire, and dance and cavort to the delight of the guests.
North DakotaVarious
I've always yearned to go back and cavort over the campus in the fall when college opened; but not for me no more!
At Good Old SiwashGeorge Fitch
cavort
verb
Word Origin for cavort
C19: perhaps from curvet
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