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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
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Verb1.cavort - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport, disport
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
verb frolic, sport, romp, caper, prance, frisk, gambol
Translations
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vi → hacer cabrioladas
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vi → cabrioler, faire des cabrioles
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vi → tollen, toben
cavort [kəˈvɔːt] vi → far capriole


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The gently and respectfully caricatured cat cavorts through the book's pages, all the while telling the boy what he wants to know--if at times indirectly.
Karla Kuskin: So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? by Bloom, Susan P. / The Horn Book Magazine
Later, through some miracle of computer animation, dancers insinuate themselves into the projections and emerge as wasps; lighting grids seep into the floor and McGregor cavorts with phantom bugs.
Random Dance by Ulrich, Allan / Dance Magazine
The next anthropomorphic atrocity will be seen on the Jackass spin-off Wildboyz, where Hawk cavorts about Burnquist's loop in a chimp suit.
Wheel her by Thrasher
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