cavort

[ kuh-vawrt ]

/ kəˈvɔrt /

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verb (used without object)

to prance or caper about.

to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.

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Origin of cavort

1785–95, Americanism; earlier cavault, perhaps cur(vet) + vault²

OTHER WORDS FROM cavort

ca·vort·er, noun

Words nearby cavort

cavity wall, cavogram, cavography, cavolo nero, cavo-relievo, cavort, cavosurface, cavosurface angle, Cavour, cavum, cavy

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How to use cavort in a sentence

On September 8, a throng of fans cavorted around the stage as the heavy metal band Pentakill performed live.
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The night before she left for the trail, Diggins cavorted in her urban backyard, yipping so loudly a neighbor called the Duluth police, afraid a wild animal had invaded the neighborhood.
Emily Ford Hiked 1,200 Miles in the Dead of Winter|Grayson Haver Currin|May 4, 2021|Outside Online
If you ever thought grown men cavorting with women dressed as bunnies was infantile, well, then, I suppose it makes sense that a children’s author would want to make his home in the Playboy Mansion.
12 Crazy True Stories About Children’s Authors|Kate Bartlett|April 1, 2021|Ozy
“A Bright Ray of Darkness” opens during a storm of negative media coverage that erupts when the young heartthrob William Harding is spotted cavorting with a woman — not his rock star wife — in Cape Town, South Africa.
Ethan Hawke turns his acting experience — and past infidelities — into brilliant fiction|Ron Charles|February 2, 2021|Washington Post

The complaint further alleges that Glock had a personal slush fund that he used to “cavort with women around the world.”
Glock Family Goes Down, Guns Blazing|Brandy Zadrozny|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But watching him cavort with Johnny Damon brought something to mind.
Why Do We Forgive Manny Ramirez for Being Manny?|Allen Barra|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wild monkeys cavort next to a small cemetery filled with gray gravestones.
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It has a bathing beach where the gals show what they've got and fat men flounder and cavort far beyond their capacities.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
I admit that it was a beautiful sight to see them cavort around that ploughed field.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
Then a second and a third stallion, and all the stallions, begin to cavort on their forelegs over the precipitous landscape.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
The ole he catfish had a fine eye for purty women, and used to cavort around near the cabin whenever his business would permit.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6)|John McElroy
It was one of those voices that fairly cavort over big distances, and I buried my head in the shell as the pair came closer.
The White Waterfall|James Francis Dwyer

British Dictionary definitions for cavort

cavort

/ (kəˈvɔːt) /

verb

(intr) to prance; caper

Derived forms of cavort

cavorter, noun

Word Origin for cavort

C19: perhaps from curvet

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