cavort
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verb (used without object)
1.
to prance or caper about.
2.
to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.
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cavort (kəˈvɔːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) to prance; caper | |
| [C19: perhaps from | |
| ca'vorter | |
| —n | |
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Cavort
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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