cavort
verb (used without object)
to prance or caper about.
cavorts
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present tense formof cavort (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
The musical cavorts atop your screen as a short course in digital ingenuity and a hectic sprint through a major government screw-up — less deep state than dope state.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2020
He cavorts on an Athens rooftop with Greek artist Eleni Mylonas, who is wearing a military-style jacket and a headpiece adorned with a tiny Statue of Liberty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Chad Kelderman is deliciously ridiculous as Olivia’s pompous major-domo Malvolio, and Eric Ray Anderson gleefully cavorts as the sly party dog Sir Toby Belch.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
The sand cavorts around like spring lamb and peas.
From The High Calling by Charles Monroe Sheldon
