Cavort \Ca*vort"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Cavorting.]
To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.
[Local slang, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cavort
v : play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers
romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick,
skylark, disport, sport, gambol, frisk, romp,
run around, lark about]
WordNet (r) 2.0
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "cavort":
antic, bob, bounce, bound, caper, capriole, caracole, carry on,
curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dance, dido, disport,
falcade, flounce, fool around, frisk, frolic, gambade, gambado,
gambol, horse around, horseplay, jump, jump about, leap, play,
prance, ramp, rollick, romp, roughhouse, skip, sport, trip
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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