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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With some deft, haunting touches in the lighting by Brad King and illusions by Skylar Fox, the cast cavorts grandly on Maruti Evans’s leafy suburban set.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
‘Laurel and Hardy on the Streets of Los Angeles’ It’s all about location, location, location as the legendary comedy duo capers and cavorts in three classic shorts shot right here in SoCal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
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 Sheldon, Charles Monroe
