cavort
verb (used without object)
to prance or caper about.
cavorted
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past participleof cavort.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cavort.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cavortverb (used without object)to prance or caper about.
Example Sentences
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Raw when he needed storm or battle; extra excited when Valkyries cavorted with horses; effusive when emotion took over senses; tender when morality mattered.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced last year to 25 years in prison for fraud, cavorted with football great Tom Brady and spoke on stage with former President Bill Clinton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
On “the beach”—an open stretch of snow between the parking lot and the lifts—skiers cavorted over pony kegs and hibachi grills.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
While her husband cavorted with Maurice Chevalier and members of the Beach Boys, Ms. Keane painted 16 hours a day in a locked room.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2022
Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
