as in to dance
to play and run about happily
children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring
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Or just pay close attention to the time-lapse footage of emerging cicadas or the cavorting manatees or the Darwin’s rhea, a South American ostrich that happens to be from one of the few species in the documentary that let males raise their kids.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
For a year or two along the way, Dan's wife, Marilyn, wore a cub costume and also cavorted on the sideline.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Directly opposite the Pendry stands the notorious Riot House Bar (now Andaz West Hollywood) where Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones snorted and cavorted in the ’60s and ’70s.
—Edmund Vallance, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
For a year or two along the way, Dan's wife, Marilyn, wore a cub costume and also cavorted on the sideline.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
Directly opposite the Pendry stands the notorious Riot House Bar (now Andaz West Hollywood) where Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones snorted and cavorted in the ’60s and ’70s.
—Edmund Vallance, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavort
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Some shouted and danced; others raced to the market immediately to buy maize.—
Erika Page,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 Apr. 2025
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On social media, parenting influencers film themselves dancing with bottles of melatonin gummies or cut to shots of their snoozing kids.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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All the dancers make their way inside eventually, with the elderly Bolger doing his best to gambol along with them.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 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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The tone is well established but nowhere near that of the novel; instead of a gothic, nightmarish parable, Williams and Snook treat it as a frolicking, satirical romp.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The frolicking penguins that made national headlines?—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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And when screen time is over, ideally, your little one will hop off the couch inspired to start a creative building project of their own.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Apr. 2025
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Another tip is to apply the cleansing oil before hopping into a steamy shower to open up the pores.—
Rosa Jisoo Pyo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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Good enough to romp it in the Championship, not good enough to make the step up.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Even the natural elements — water, air, earth and fire — want to romp with dear Parthenope.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, respondents’ expectation for inflation a year from now leaped to 6.7%, the highest level since November 1981 and up from 5% in March.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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Former minor-league teammate Andy Pages made a leaping grab near the 395-foot mark in center field to rob Busch of a grand slam.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Millet plays with the title and with the idea of atavism, in which an ancient trait asserts itself by skipping forward a few generations to suddenly appear in the gene pool.—
Heather Scott Partington,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Shark is hosting an epic sale with discounts across its most popular models, and these deals up to 51% off are too good to skip.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
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Other numbers were more rollicking; McDonald danced in a style that suggested a frenetic hybrid of the frug and the mashed potato.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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However, the film has since become beloved by passionate fans, in part because of its rollicking soundtrack.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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