Meaning

3 senses

  1. To prance, frolic, gambol.

  2. (intransitive)To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

    herumtollen, herumtanzen

    резви́тьсяrezvítʹsja

    play boisterously

  3. (informal)To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
move/play boisterously:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
move/play boisterously:

Origin

Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the

Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the colloquial intensifying prefix ca-/ka- + vault (“jump, leap”); later generalized. Early sources connect it to cavault, a term for a certain demeanor of horses. Alternatively, a variation of curvet.

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Forms

cavorts, cavorting, cavorted, cavorted
Base formcavort · to cavort
3rd person singularcavorts
Present participlecavorting
Past simplecavorted
Past participlecavorted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycavort
he, she, itcavorts

Past simpleLesson

all personscavorted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cavorted
he, she, ithas cavorted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cavort

Synonyms

13 synonyms
rompC2frolicC2pranceB2caper
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedhorse around
Derivedcavortercavortingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caverncaviarcavityC1cawCDA1
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