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cavorting

[kuh-vawr-ting]

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adjective

romping or capering playfully about; frolicking.
Here you can see Arctic life up close—snowy owls, white foxes, cavorting polar bear cubs, and the amazing sled dogs.
behaving in a high-spirited, playful way.
During a game of musical statues, the shy boy stood motionless in the middle of the cavorting group.
partying or behaving in an unrestrained way, often with the implication of sexual activity.

noun

the act of frolicking playfully about, behaving in a high-spirited or unrestrained way, or partying, often with the implication of sexual activity.
Recent reports of drunken cavorting with a 19-year-old model have damaged the mayor’s squeaky-clean image.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cavorting¹

First recorded in 1835–45; cavort ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; cavort ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun sense

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At the age of 80, he's still cavorting around the world, playing sold out shows, recording new music and even writing a book about his beloved model train set.

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Masked protesters, dancing and cavorting around burning American flags.

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The perennially under-construction compound, with its “oleander … and old milk cartons … R. Crumb comics, empty tea and coffee mugs, and ashtrays,” was often inhabited, Moon writes, by naked strangers “cavorting or making candles.”

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And after a week of juggling personal, professional and financial responsibilities, sometimes cavorting with singing pirates and dancing dolls simply takes the edge off.

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As summer sends more of us out to these cavorting grounds to stand above the ocean and eat and play and fish and don’t-you-dare-smoke, it’s a good moment to know a bit more about them.

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