as in to dance
to play and run about happily
children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring
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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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Brazilian Carnival is around the corner (beginning on February 28), a time when locals flock to the streets to dance, imbibe and connect with their heritage.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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In the modern story, Malaika, an artist, also dances (Banks is a choreographer and a dancer), and Dunbar’s poetry figures repeatedly in her story and Nico’s, too; the poem of the title, set to music, inspires a remarkable dance performance by Malaika’s friend Bill (Christopher Smith).—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 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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Wolves rub up against it and frolic in the vicinity.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Flakes stuck to their fur as the bears frolicked and somersaulted.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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Other objectives including testing a a Nokia LTE 4G communications system and deploying a propulsive drone capable of hopping across the lunar surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Shopping bots are becoming available that are capable of hopping between online retailers and searching for the best prices, deals and promotions for their users.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
24 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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While most of the experience was easy and pleasant, spent romping through the park in summer weather, providing the fantasy involved more effort on some days.—
Allison P. Davis,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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The United States pulled it off in the Second Industrial Revolution, in the nineteenth century, and again in the twentieth, leaping ahead of Japan in the information revolution.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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With under 30 seconds to play in overtime and the Wolves down 128-127, Reid came barreling down the lane and leaped toward the rim.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Trail Blazers were going to trade Ayton at the trade deadline, opening up the yellow brick road for Clingan to skip his way to fantasy wizardry merrily, yeah?—
Stan Son,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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With a forecast of single-digit temperatures and wind chills into the negatives, along with three to five inches of snow (or more), some speculated whether Messi would even try to suit up for Miami or skip the match entirely.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 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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The following contains spoilers for the season finale of Disney+’s Skeleton Crew. Disney+’s Skeleton Crew came to a close this Tuesday night, with a rollicking 34 minutes that showed just how clever, brave and bold the kids became during their whirlwind round trip aboard the Onyx Cinder.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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