Cavort

//kəˈvɔɹt//

Synonyms for "cavort" (51 found)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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related to

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Translations

28 translations across 17 languages.

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Chinese

2 entries
  • verb (move/play boisterously)
  • 撕罗 verb (move/play boisterously)

Czech

3 entries
  • dovádět verb (move/play boisterously)
  • skotačit verb (prance)
  • skotačit verb (move/play boisterously)

Dutch

3 entries
  • dartelen verb (move/play boisterously)
  • ronddollen verb (move/play boisterously)
  • steigeren verb (prance)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • kaprioli verb (move/play boisterously)
  • pranci verb (prance)
  • ĉirkausalti verb (move/play boisterously)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hullama verb (move/play boisterously)

Finnish

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  • kirmailla verb (move/play boisterously)

French

1 entries
  • cabrioler verb (move/play boisterously)

German

2 entries
  • herumtanzen verb (move/play boisterously)
  • herumtollen verb (move/play boisterously)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • táncol verb (prance)
  • ágaskodik verb (prance)

Irish

1 entries
  • pocléim verb (move/play boisterously)

Italian

1 entries
  • fare capriole verb (move/play boisterously)

Māori

1 entries
  • cavort verb (move/play boisterously)

Polish

2 entries
  • figlować verb (move/play boisterously)
  • swawolić verb (move/play boisterously)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • curvetear verb (move/play boisterously)

Russian

1 entries
  • резви́ться verb (move/play boisterously)

Spanish

2 entries
  • juguetear verb (move/play boisterously)
  • retozar verb (move/play boisterously)

Swedish

1 entries
  • leka verb (move/play boisterously)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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There once was a tiny sprite, much loved by children. She would frolic with the birds and the beasts in the forest, and sing songs, or play her flute; sometimes, she would visit the village, where the humans lived, and cavort with her favorite boys and girls.

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[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]

Source: wiktionary

And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […]

Source: wiktionary

He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.

Source: wiktionary

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