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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.

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, cavo-relievo, cavogram, cavography, cavolo nero, cavort, cavosurface, cavosurface angle, cavour, cavum, cavy

Example sentences from the Web for cavorting

No pictures of him cavorting naked in hotel rooms have yet been received by the Royalist.

Newly Single Harry Parties In Miami! |Tom Sykes |May 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Difference is, when her brother finds snapshots of Nadia cavorting on a Spanish beach, the honor of the family is compromised.

Want This Woman to Lie About Herself? You Can Just Burq Off! |Moral Courage |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Has the kind of cavorting the Secret Service engaged in while in Colombia ever happened before?

Senate Panel Quizzes Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan on Colombian Prostitutes |Daniel Stone |May 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Not cavorting inconsequentially between consequential legislative votes and consequential congressional committee meetings.

The Anthony Weiner Scandal: C’mon, America, Nobody’s Perfect |Lee Siegel |June 11, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The dog was heading for them straight as an arrow; barking and cavorting in a fashion wonderful to see.

The Indians' Last Fight |Dennis Collins
Frequently the crowd of onlookers were charged by these cavorting and prancing steeds.

The Beaver, Volume 1, No. 10, July, 1921. |Hudson's Bay Company
I'd admire to see him cavorting around on the pinnacles after horse-thieves or whisky-runners or a bunch of bad Indians.

Raw Gold |Bertrand W. Sinclair
Huntington, the sedate Huntington, was cavorting like a two-year-old, yet Hamlen saw nothing incongruous in his conduct.

The Bachelors |William Dana Orcutt
Wallowing on the daisy-powdered turf, Clutching at the sunlight, Cavorting in the shadow.

Goblins and Pagodas |John Gould Fletcher

British Dictionary definitions for cavorting

cavort

/ (kəˈvɔːt) /

verb

(intr) to prance; caper

Derived forms of cavort

cavorter, noun

Word Origin for cavort

C19: perhaps from curvet