cavorting
present participle ofcavort
cavort
verb[I]
uk/kəˈvɔːt/us/kəˈvɔːrt/tojumpormovearound in aplayfulway, sometimesnoisily, and often in asexualway:
They werespottedcavorting beside theswimmingpool.
Synonyms
disportyourselfold-fashionedorhumorous
frisk
frolic
gambolliterary
romp
sport
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
Examplesofcavorting
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Soeharto again aligned himself briefly with them but thiscavortingwas brief.
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I do not think that is a major motive force in their cavortings.
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I was therefore less than pleased last weekend when off-the-road motorcyclists werecavortingup and down the area where one of the pairs have their nest.
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Bavarian citizens put up with their king'scavorting, but their patience snapped when his courtesan began meddling in state affairs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Remembering that these were social dances, not a precious art form, gave licence to all sorts of creativecavorting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But when he saw hercavortingwith one of his servants, he became angry with her and sent her away.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The title side evokes visions of a primordial wasteland with a menagerie of strange, lumbering life-formscavortingway off in the (safe) distance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It seems perfectly normal to see the small figures of naked womencavortingamong them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two outer springs also contain both men and womencavortingwith abandon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the second half they arecavortingin a bar where each of the band members portrays several different characters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While there are a number of modest special effects, the movie relies largely on dancing (or rathercavorting), slapstick, and costuming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Now he has become one of those awful "multiple talents" -cavortinglike crazy...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On stage the group hold attention with theircavortingantics and general enthusiasm, and to followers this is good album to keep remind of the live performance they'll see.
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