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
Thus Andy Dixon paints Day-Glo takes on Rococo romances, with sculptural nudes draped in loose tunics cavorting around pleasure gardens dotted with classical statuary; these same motifs are distilled into dainty arabesques and diaphanous whorls in the abstract canvases of Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
But watch what Cobbs does behind the bar as Billy Ray carries on, tossing 20s, cavorting with slinky women, and taunting men who could snap him like a toothpick.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The photos showed Beth cavorting with the 77-year-old queen, rubbing noses with King Charles, and even helping unveil a plaque at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2020.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Nov. 2024
Celebrities regularly cavorted in Tramp, the glitzy nightclub that first made a splash in London’s Mayfair in 1969.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
But watch what Cobbs does behind the bar as Billy Ray carries on, tossing 20s, cavorting with slinky women, and taunting men who could snap him like a toothpick.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The photos showed Beth cavorting with the 77-year-old queen, rubbing noses with King Charles, and even helping unveil a plaque at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2020.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Nov. 2024
Celebrities regularly cavorted in Tramp, the glitzy nightclub that first made a splash in London’s Mayfair in 1969.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavort
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Nonstop entertainment with live music and dancing all day long in our Biergarten and Clubhouse.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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And even just little things like that — a boy asked her to dance.—
Esme Mazzeo,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The new brand’s packaging and visual identity – created by Mexican artist Francisco Herrera and featuring a winged spider monkey — evokes Kahlo’s exotic style, as well as her love of these monkeys, which once gamboled around her garden.—
Joan Oleck,
Forbes,
12 Dec. 2024
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Those endless summer days spent watching Messi gambol around the football pitches of our souls?—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
14 July 2024
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An early video from Honduras feels like a tourist-board commercial, with Bishop and followers frolicking in the river.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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At the Bronx Zoo in New York City, snow leopards and bears enjoyed frolicking in the flurries Tuesday.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Cozens quickly hopped on a flight and arrived in Ottawa by 9 p.m. ET Friday.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
9 Mar. 2025
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Carriacou also has an impressive lineup of events throughout the year, including its own Carnival celebration every February and a famed regatta, giving travelers plenty of reasons to hop on the ferry or flight from Grenada. Petite Martinique The island of Petite Martinique is, indeed, petite.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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These four simple words will replay in your head for weeks, accompanied by the image of Aaron Pierre romping down the hallway.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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He was even booed — briefly, and by a minority of fans — after a giveaway led to Vancouver’s only goal in a 6-1 Jets romp last week.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Netflix added 37 million new subscribers in 2020, while Disney+ leaped to over 70 million subscribers.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yet leaping to an all-electric mandate without the right infrastructure is an economic disaster waiting to happen, and this new electrical rate increase — up to 11.4% per household— is the first of many financial jolts to our personal budgets.—
Kris DeLair,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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After skipping most of the awards shows she was invited to before her tweets were discovered, Gascón is expected to attend the Oscars on Sunday, Variety reported.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The procurement org that skipped over patients at the highest rate over the past two years is Lifebanc, located in Warrensville Heights.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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In addition to a rollicking musical, a savvy inside-baseball send-up of the Hindi film industry, and a celebration of cinephilia as a sustaining life force, this nearly three-hour hunk of movie is a love story stretching across decades and lifetimes.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025
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With a barrage of questions, rollicking rock&B single Jordan Hawkins kicks off his latest single in the throes of borderline histrionic emotional turmoil — as converted by a vocal performance that primarily trades in growls, rasp and impassioned falsetto.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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