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
Barbie dolls cavort in the office and trendy persons fill the motel’s Barbara bar.
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Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In their debut Talk to Me, the Philippou brothers viscerally translated the emotional experience of cavorting with the spectral.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Paul Rudd made a recent appearance on Amy Poehler's podcast Good Hang to cavort down memory lane and discuss his new movie Friendship with Tim Robinson.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
But the elephants cavorting in the water in the background don’t look right for African elephants.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
In their debut Talk to Me, the Philippou brothers viscerally translated the emotional experience of cavorting with the spectral.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Paul Rudd made a recent appearance on Amy Poehler's podcast Good Hang to cavort down memory lane and discuss his new movie Friendship with Tim Robinson.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 6 May 2025
But the elephants cavorting in the water in the background don’t look right for African elephants.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavort
Verb
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As the track blasted, Parker occasionally clapped along and danced in place.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Our man is an accountant skipping out on a day of work who winds up in a busy square and, inexplicably, begins to dance to the beat of a drumming busker.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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She's pictured laying on the beach, in front of zebras grazing, and frolicking in a pool.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The bubbly, feel-good record soundtracks the flirty campaign video, which sees Doja frolicking around the NYC streets and treating the concrete jungle like her own personal spa resort.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
5 May 2025
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Families can explore vibrant coral reefs, check out Wahoo Bay (a marine conservation area), or hop on a glass-bottom boat tour to spot colorful fish without even getting wet.—
Rita Wells,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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From applying lotion to keep your skin moisturized to hopping into a bath, speeding up the sunburn healing process is possible with a few tips and tricks.—
Amber Rambharose,
Glamour,
12 June 2025
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Unruh, a junior from Cheyenne Wells, romped through the girls Class 1A 100, 200 and 400 meters finals Saturday.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 May 2025
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Dead by Daylight Dead by Daylight has evolved from a gory, goofy multiplayer romp to a shockingly nuanced e-sports-adjacent platform.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Total investment on film and prestige TV in the U.K. in 2024 leaped 31% to $7 billion, the second-highest year on record, according to figures from the British Film Industry.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Raised heart rate Low potassium levels, leading to symptoms like muscle weakness, cramping, and a pounding or skipping heartbeat6 Dehydration, including symptoms like dark urine, headache, dizziness, or lightheadedness7 What Causes Toxic Megacolon?—
Janelle McSwiggin,
Health,
6 June 2025
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While Sovereignty skipped the Triple Crown's middle jewel, the bay colt wasn't completely out of the news.—
Alex Sundby
June 6,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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Mikaela Straus, offered an impassioned rendition of the song, which included a rollicking guitar solo and borderline NSFW cherry artwork.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2025
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But come 2010, the decision was made to shelve Medicine in favor of riding the rollicking momentum Potter had built alongside the Nocturnals.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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