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Cavort

verb

(past & past part. cavorted; pres. part. cavorting)

Play boisterously. Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport. "The gamboling lambs in the meadows" , "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

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"Cavort" Quotes from Famous Books

... from the sky long enough to make one wild jump ahead, and then returns them to their index position. It is nothing. His thick hide has merely been punctured by a flaming lance of wasp virility. Then a second and a third stallion, and all the stallions, begin to cavort on their forelegs over the precipitous landscape. Swat! A white-hot poniard penetrates my cheek. Swat again!! I am stabbed in the neck. I am bringing up the rear and getting more than my share. There is no retreat, and the plunging horses ahead, on a precarious trail, promise little safety. My horse ...

— The Cruise of the Snark • Jack London

Words linked to "Cavort" : play