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cavort
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ca·vort  (k-vôrt)
intr.v. ca·vort·ed, ca·vort·ing, ca·vorts
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.]

cavort
Verb
to skip about; caper
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.cavort - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

cavort
Translations
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vihacer cabrioladas
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vicabrioler, faire des cabrioles
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vitollen, toben
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vifar capriole


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Elsewhere on the mosque grounds, other children cavorted on a playset that looked like it could be found in the Aladdin section of Disneyland.
Frank Hovore has just returned from the tropics of Ecuador, his bags bulging with more than 420 species of a beetle known to have cavorted around the Earth even during prehistoric times.
Stephen Petronio, for example, once cavorted in bawdy-house corsets and now sees gender issues in more universal terms.
 
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