Definition

1. Verb:
   • To jump, dance, or move around in a lively, playful, and often noisy way; to engage in boisterous play or exuberant behavior.

Usage

• The verb "cavort" describes energetic, often carefree, physical movement associated with play, celebration, or high spirits. It typically implies a lack of restraint and a sense of joy or mischief.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The puppies cavorted in the fresh snow.
  • After winning the championship, the fans cavorted in the streets.
  • The young horses cavorted in the open field.

Advanced Usage

• "to cavort about/around": To move playfully and energetically in a general area.
  • The children were cavorting about in the sprinklers.
• The word can sometimes carry a slightly humorous or disapproving connotation when describing adults behaving in a very lively, undignified manner.
  • The executives cavorted at the company retreat, playing silly games.

Variants and Related Words

• Cavorting (gerund/noun): The act of cavorting.
  • The cavorting of the seals delighted the onlookers.

Synonyms

• Frolic: To play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically.
• Gambol: To run or jump about playfully.
• Romp: To play in a lively, boisterous manner.
• Prance: To move with exaggerated, springy steps, often joyfully or proudly.
• Sport: To play or frolic.

Antonyms

• Trudge: To walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.
• Plod: To walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.
• Lumber: To move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Verb

1. play boisterously
   • The children frolicked in the garden
   • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
   • The toddlers romped in the playroom