ca·vort

[kuh-vawrt]
verb (used without object)
1.
to prance or caper about.
2.
to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; earlier cavault, perhaps cur(vet) + vault2

ca·vort·er, noun
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cavort (kəˈvɔːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(intr) to prance; caper
 
[C19: perhaps from curvet]
 
ca'vorter
 
n

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cavort
1793, cauvaut, Amer.Eng., probably from ca- colloquial intens. prefix + vault "jump, leap."
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Example sentences
Now dragons cavort over grillwork and carpeting, and exotic faces peer down
  from decorative columns.
She goes home depleted, while her white colleagues cavort on the tennis court.
Some tend to cavort overhead in plain view, while others conceal themselves
  atop tall trees.
While their mothers doze, the half brothers cavort near their snoring father.
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