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
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When dancing among the trees, the tallest don’t always win, unless those trees also happen to be the most interested in the job that comes with height.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Six women in motorcycle jackets saunter onto the stage at the Coronado Historical Association, dancing to a goofy opening number.—
Barbara Bry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 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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At the 70-acre urban green space, check out the seasonal flowers, soak up the sunshine and let your youngsters frolic on the Children’s Playground, which is open from dawn until dusk daily.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
19 Mar. 2026
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Families frolicking in this Holidome surely had no idea about the mission of these nine tall gentlemen who trouped in and out.—
Bill Hancock,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2026
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InSo, a new Southeast Asian fusion restaurant with a hopping nightlife, has burst onto the vibrant Las Colinas scene.—
Zacharia Washington,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the 46-year-old Los Angeles resident organized a vigil Tuesday night at a local park, where the photos of slain protesters were displayed and dozens of Iranian Americans lit candles and took turns hopping over tea lights in a version of a fire-jumping tradition known as Chaharshanbe Suri.—
AMY TAXIN,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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In the early-season win, Johnston earned the first star of the game with a goal and an assist as Dallas romped to a 5-2 victory.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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On a warm, summer-like afternoon at home Thursday, Westview romped to a 9-4 win over fellow Division 2 opponent El Camino.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2026
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Stocks also bent under the weight of leaping yields in the bond market.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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One contestant in a Travis Kelce butt cut leaped over an ironing board; another held a tape measure to his crotch and stroked it.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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More travelers—especially return visitors—are skipping the rental car and leaning into the island’s native rhythm.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Echeverria said his family skipped Christmas and took months to recover financially.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The canniest fictional dissection of femininity and the panopticon of social media arrives this spring in Yesteryear (Knopf), a rollicking satirical debut from Caro Claire Burke.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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What began as a pipe dream in 2016’s sports media economy — building a subscription site centered around simply great sports journalism — became a rollicking reality.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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