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
Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
Performers dance onstage, festoon the rafters overhead and cavort throughout the room in a 90-minute extravaganza.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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
Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2026
Performers dance onstage, festoon the rafters overhead and cavort throughout the room in a 90-minute extravaganza.
—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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.
—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavort
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Young performers with the Confidence Is Everything cheer group and musicians from the Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School led a lineup of 15 contingents dancing, marching and riding along the inner streets of the park while celebrants and passersby cheered them on.
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Where do dads go to dance on Father's Day?
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Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.
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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.
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Earlier this week, the actress, 35, broke out yet another pair of the sporty bottoms while frolicking around New York City.
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.
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Imagine hopping out your back door to see two massive kangaroos trading blows.
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Berhalter tied the score again four minutes into the second half, latching onto a loose ball at the top of the penalty area and one-hopping a right-footed shot just inside the near post.
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In November, the president was on hand as the NFL’s Washington Commanders hosted the Detroit Lions, and the visitors romped 44-22.
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The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.
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But the United States is easily within reach, has the resources and should have the political will to leap into effect here.
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On the ensuing corner kick, Suzuki deflected Alexander Isak's header off the crossbar and into the air, eventually ending the scoring chance with a leaping grab in a crowd of players.
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Although Kel’s parents skip the opening night of his play, still in disapproval of his acting career, three of his students attend, leaving him touched.
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Open a window, replace the HVAC filter and skip the haul of seasonal sprays.
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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.
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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.
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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