Cavort

Quick meaning: Cavort is a verb meaning (originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.

Meaning

(originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
2. (informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.

Example Sentences

He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.

And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […]

[…] while a woman in a bright red coat cavorts through a crosswalk with what appears to be an impeccably groomed Afghan hound.

As he moves back into the shadows, the stage is taken over by a troupe of Pan-like dancers, leaping and cavorting in an obscene ballet.

Word Forms

• cavorts
• cavorting
• cavorted

Synonyms for cavort

Depending on context, synonyms include romp, frolic, prance, caper, disport, sport.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gambol, rollick, frolic, disport, romp, frisk.

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