Synonyms for cavort
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuh-vawrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈvɔrt |
Top 10 synonyms for cavort Other synonyms for the word cavort
Définition of cavort
Origin :- 1793, cauvaut, American English, of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be an alteration of curvet "a leap by a horse," from French and related to curve (v.). Or perhaps from ca- colloquial intensive prefix + vault "to jump, leap." Modern form attested by 1829. Related: Cavorted; cavorting.
- verb frolic, prance
- Without "cavort" or a "list to port," is as hard—as song to a Neddy!
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 23rd, 1893 » by Various
- At that moment the animal began to cavort, and backed into a flower-bed.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Craddock » by W. Somerset Maugham
- In the saddle they kin ride, and cavort around hours an hours.
- Extract from : « The Saddle Boys at Circle Ranch » by James Carson
- They are in both male and female attire, and dance and cavort to the delight of the guests.
- Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various
- I've always yearned to go back and cavort over the campus in the fall when college opened; but not for me no more!
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- Mamma Pepperall watched him cavort a moment, then sniffed contemptuously, and rolled out like a fireman summoned.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- It has a bathing beach where the gals show what they've got and fat men flounder and cavort far beyond their capacities.
- Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney
- I admit that it was a beautiful sight to see them cavort around that ploughed field.
- Extract from : « The Red Cow and Her Friends » by Peter McArthur
- When the pony began to cavort and plunge poor Heavy was shaken right over the pommel of her saddle.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch » by Alice B. Emerson
- Then a second and a third stallion, and all the stallions, begin to cavort on their forelegs over the precipitous landscape.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
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