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- 1. jump or dance around excitedly: "the players cavorted about the pitch"
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1. : to leap or dance about in a lively manner. Otters cavorted in the stream. 2. : to engage in extravagant behavior. The governor has been criticized for cavorting with celebrities. Synonyms. caper. disport. frisk. frolic. gambol. lark. rollick. romp. sport. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of cavort in a Sentence.
to jump or move around in a playful way, sometimes noisily, and often in a sexual way: They were spotted cavorting beside the swimming pool. Synonyms. disport yourself old-fashioned or humorous. frisk. frolic. gambol literary. romp. sport. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Moving quickly. agility. beetle. belt. bob up.
1. To bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper. 2. To have lively or boisterous fun; romp: The children cavorted in the water, splashing and ducking each other. [Possibly alteration of curvet .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Cavort definition: to prance or caper about.. See examples of CAVORT used in a sentence.
Other forms: cavorting; cavorted; cavorts. How to cavort, in one easy step: dance around all crazy, jumping on and over anything nearby like you just ate a lot of sugar. Give it a try! Cavorting requires a good mood, lots of energy, and some running room.
1. verb. When people cavort, they leap about in a noisy and excited way. You can enjoy a quick snack while your children cavort in the sand. [VERB] 2. verb. Cavort is sometimes used by journalists to suggest that people were behaving in a playfully sexual way. The doctor, 56, cavorted with the models on a jaunt to Trinidad and Tobago. [VERB + with]
Definition of cavort verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the colloquial intensifying prefix ca- + vault (“jump, leap”); later generalized. Early sources connect it to cavault, a term for a certain demeanor of horses. From Wiktionary.
cavort meaning, definition, what is cavort: to jump or dance around in a playful or ...: Learn more.
to jump, dance, or move about in an excited way. (Definition of cavort from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of cavort. in Chinese (Traditional) 雀躍, 嬉戲玩鬧, （常指）調情玩樂… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 雀跃, 嬉戏玩闹, （常指）调情玩乐… See more. in Portuguese. cabriolar, brincar… See more. in more languages. in Polish.
