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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