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
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.
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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
And inevitably, the new and more socially oriented residents cavorted with each other and with members of the crew.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Muscles ripple as two men cavort along the slack wire within the cube.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
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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
And inevitably, the new and more socially oriented residents cavorted with each other and with members of the crew.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Muscles ripple as two men cavort along the slack wire within the cube.
—Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 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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At the Christmas party, all the gals (minus Taylor) are frolicking around in their best black-tie-optional, cheers-ing to another year of surviving MomTok, and eating meatballs.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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Nearly a hundred shiny black calves are frolicking in the pastures, including twin bulls (birthweight of 72 pounds each) whose mother is completely unruffled by this unusual occurrence and its maternal responsibilities.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2025
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No one was exactly eager to hop back into the weight room, meeting room and practice field when the offseason program began that April.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Those with international tastes or curiosity can now hop aboard one of Connecticut’s rail lines and try that food within walking distance from select stations.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 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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Movies have long cherished the contrast between a ballerina’s delicacy and lithe visuals with the gritty determination required to leap, dance and twirl in the highly unnatural way that is dancing on your toes.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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This can be likened to a linguistic singularity, whereby humankind demonstrably leaps forward in our intellectual prowess.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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And while hot tubs and saunas seem like innocent relaxation, those with uncontrolled heart conditions should skip the heat.—
Novant Health,
Charlotte Observer,
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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Inspired by the historical figure known as Lambert Simnel, THE PRETENDER (Knopf, 471 pp., $30) is a rollicking account of a befuddled boy’s pillar-to-post existence as a political pawn.—
Alida Becker,
New York Times,
30 May 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 13 Jun. 2025.
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