CAVORT

frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about

(verb) play boisterously; “The children frolicked in the garden”; “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”; “The toddlers romped in the playroom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

cavort (third-person singular simple present cavorts, present participle cavorting, simple past and past participle cavorted)

(originally, intransitive) To prance, said of mounts

(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

Synonyms

• (move about boisterously): romp, frolic, prance, caper

Anagrams

• VORTAC

Source: Wiktionary


Ca*vort", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting.]

Definition: To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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