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Cavort
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(cavorts, cavorting, cavorted) 1. When people cavort, they leap about in a noisy and excited way. You can enjoy a quick snack while your children cavort in the sand... = romp VERB: V 2. Cavort is sometimes used by journalists to suggest that people were behaving in a playfully sexual way. It was claimed she cavorted with a police sergeant in a Jacuzzi but she denies this. = romp VERB: V with n
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intransitive verb Etymology: perhaps alteration of curvet Date: 1794 1. to leap or dance about in a lively manner 2. to engage in extravagant behavior ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ v to jump or dance around noisily in a playful or sexual way (Pictures appeared in newspapers of the two of them cavorting on a beach.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1793, cauvaut, Amer.Eng., probably from ca- colloquial intens. prefix + vault "jump, leap." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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