as in to dance
to play and run about happily
children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring
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Recent Examples of cavort
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
The figures stitched into the wall hangings writhed and cavorted, glimmering in the torchlight.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
As a member of the gentry, Thomas is crossing class lines by cavorting with the fishermen who work for his father-in-law.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
The figures stitched into the wall hangings writhed and cavorted, glimmering in the torchlight.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
As a member of the gentry, Thomas is crossing class lines by cavorting with the fishermen who work for his father-in-law.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavort
Verb
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Fans danced to Latin music blaring from the speakers.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Vásquez didn’t factor in the decision after a defensive miscue led to the bullpen briefly losing the lead, but the emerging starting pitcher danced in and out of trouble in keeping the Red Sox at bay on an evening in which the wind chill dropped the temperature into the high 20s.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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When not frolicking in the pool (there’s one for families and a winding, riverlike infinity pool exclusively for adults), children can take advantage of the endless activities, including charades and limbo challenges, at the exceptional Cambi Kids Club.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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That means frolicking, after a quick blanching, in a butter bath loaded with chives and mint.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Twins’ center fielder immediately dropped his bat, hopped up and down and walked straight off the field and into the tunnel leading to the clubhouse.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Following the game, Tidwell and Susac both hopped in laundry carts in the Giants’ clubhouse and were showered with beer by their teammates to celebrate their respective milestones.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Angine is not Dillinger Escape Plan or Naked City leaping wildly between time signatures—a loop pedal serves as the third member of the band, so every song is generally locked into a pulse.—
Christopher R. Weingarten,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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Baldwin nearly had a homer in the seventh, but Athletics center fielder Denzel Clarke leaped above the wall to make a dazzling catch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Walsh also recommended offering more flexibility in work schedules so employees can skip the gas-guzzling gridlock of peak commute hours.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Be wary of the temptation to skip steps along the way or assume people will just get it.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The rollicking collaboration serves as the official lead single for Shatta’s forthcoming studio album, currently slated for a fall release.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2026
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The rollicking Bride of Frankenstein revision from director Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley barely made it off the operating table with a $7.2 domestic premiere and $13.5 million abroad.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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