gavotted

verb

past tense of gavotte
as in waltzed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavotted
  1. shuffled
  2. bopped
  3. jived
  4. pranced
  5. strutted
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  • One Wednesday evening in May, at the boutique hotel Dream Hollywood — located just off the Walk of Fame — a young hotel staff member shuffled over to her co-worker to discuss a special guest on the top floor.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Overshadowed by the Folarin Balogun mess is how impressively Rudi Garcia shuffled his midfield and organized his tactics to perfectly counter how Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT wanted to play.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of shuffled
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  • Ortiz bopped 208 in his first five seasons with the Red Sox.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • At 16, Avtan bopped around her bedroom in West Hills to the digital hardcore and gabber of acts like Lolita Storm.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026
Definition of bopped
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  • The high school musical romance Grease hand-jived its way into theaters during the summer of 1978.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of jived
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  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • On June 26, the actress strutted her stuff during Vetements's Spring 2027 menswear show in Paris.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 June 2026
  • America's Next Top Model star Kayla Ferrel Onder once strutted the runway for Tyra Banks' judgment on two different cycles of the reality competition series.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
Definition of strutted
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“Gavotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavotted. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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