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cavorted

cavorted is the simple past and past participle of cavort.

Meaning of cavort

Verb

cavort (third-person singular simple present cavorts, present participle cavorting, simple past and past participle cavorted)

  1. To prance, frolic, gambol.
    • […] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter I, in The Understanding Heart
  2. (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
    • And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […]1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, “The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet”, in Mother Goose for Grownups
    Synonyms:
    romp, frolic, prance, caper
  3. (informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.
    • As he moves back into the shadows, the stage is taken over by a troupe of Pan-like dancers, leaping and cavorting in an obscene ballet.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 94

Questions about cavorted

What is cavorted the simple past and past participle of?
Cavorted is the simple past and past participle of cavort.

Words near cavorted in the dictionary

  1. Cavoodle
  2. Cavoodles
  3. cavopulmonary
  4. cavorite
  5. cavort
  6. cavorted
  7. cavorter
  8. cavorters
  9. cavorteth
  10. cavortin
  11. cavorting

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