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Definition of Cavort
1. Verb. Play boisterously. "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
Generic synonyms: Play
Derivative terms: Frolic, Gambol, Lark, Romp, Romper, Sport
Definition of Cavort
1. v. i. To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.
Definition of Cavort
1. Verb. (originally) To prance, said of mounts ¹
2. Verb. To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cavort
1. to frolic [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: frolic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavort
Literary usage of Cavort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"cavort — -contd. 1856 They go cavorting out, ... 1861 cavort round the country
on horseback. — Harper s Weekly, Oct. 5. ..."
2. A Word a Day Intermediate by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Stephanie Wright, Sarita Chavez Silverman, Evan-Moor Corporation (2002)
"esteem noun a very positive opinion synonym: respect cavort verb to run and jump
around ... The children love to cavort in the sprinklers on hot afternoons. ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"curvet, cavort (US ... curvet, cavort (US; colloq.). 2. See CAPER. 2. See RIDE,
CAPER, SWAGGER. prayer, n. 1. See APPEAL. 2. Referring to an appeal to God: ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The falling of the bergs was called calving. cavort ... As long as there has been
a stage for pretty women to cavort on, there have been impressionable ..."
5. Nick of the Woods: Or, The Jibbenainosay; a Tale of Kentucky by Robert Montgomery Bird (1853)
"... I came here not to talk nor cavort,* but to show that I'm the man, ...
promising her a world of Indian * cavort,—to play pranks, to gasconade. ..."
6. In Other Words by Franklin Pierce Adams (1912)
"Tell me why, O maid magnetic, Sybaris will not cavort — Him that used to be
athletic, Him that used to be a sport? Sybaris will not cavort On the field or ..."
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