Cavort

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper.
  • verb-intransitive. To have lively or boisterous fun; romp: The children cavorted in the water, splashing and ducking each other.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To prance, said of mounts
  • v. To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To curvet; prance about: said of a horse.
  • To bustle about nimbly or eagerly: said of a person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. play boisterously
  • Verb Form
    cavorted    cavorting    cavorts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    cavorted    cavorting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    romp    prance    frolic    caper   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts