cavorted

verb

past tense of cavort
as in danced
to play and run about happily children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring

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Recent Examples of cavorted The sight of Howe leading his players around the ground as Sunderland cavorted in front of their supporters, high in level seven, was excruciating. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026 Andy Samberg cavorted on behalf of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, dressed as some sort of off-kilter Neil Diamond wanna-be. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026 Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavorted
  1. danced
  2. hopped
  3. leaped
  4. frolicked
  5. capered
  6. romped
  7. gamboled
  8. skipped
Verb
  • In Fire & Blood, this battle is described as the only time during the Dance of Dragons when the dragons truly danced, which means TV audiences should expect some incredible draconic combat.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The New York Mavericks — who Florida topped Saturday night — danced with the Nashville Stampede in the third game of the afternoon.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of danced
Verb
  • The Texas Rangers’ Wyatt Langford, an excellent defender, turned his back, took several hard steps, leaped and extended his glove, but the ball found grass and one-hopped the wall.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But in the shadow of their imperialistic expansion, the Cleveland Guardians took a massive jump from +4000 to +3500 while the San Diego Padres hopped from +8000 to +7500 thanks to their moves.
    — J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • Even Utah has leaped ahead of Winnipeg with tantalizing young up-and-coming talent.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday, SpaceX's shares leapt more than 9% ahead of the earnings, but promptly gave much of it back in after-hours trading following the report.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaped
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Kaia Gerber and Hailey Bieber have frolicked NYC’s streets in Repetto’s slim ballet flats and pumps.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 17 July 2026
  • After training sessions, the dogs frolicked on the sprawling back deck that Annie had transformed into a canine playground, complete with a swimming pool.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 15 May 2026
Definition of frolicked
Verb
  • Tiny Guna capered about barefoot, hopping on the balls of his feet.
    — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2016
Definition of capered
Verb
  • Keegan not only rescued Newcastle from relegation in 1991-92; the following campaign his team romped to the second-division title and surged into the Premier League.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Youngsters romped through the crowd, happily indulging in eggthrowing or dunking-machine antics or trying to climb to the pinnacle of a greased pole, where a $20 bill waited.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of romped
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of gamboled
Verb
  • Bumper found that fewer than 10% of ad breaks are actually skipped in practice, despite what listeners claim in surveys.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Less likely to to be skipped is Cregan Stark’s arrival to King’s Landing, known as the Hour of the Wolf.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipped

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