cavort
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Is cavort a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (originally intransitive, of horses) To prance, frolic, gambol.Examples: "[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]"
2. (intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.Examples: "And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […]"; "He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape."; "[…]and soon a high-spirited snowball fight was being waged by dozens of happy, hyperkinetic boys cavorting in dungarees and T-shirts, in sweatsuits, in pajamas, even some in only underwear."Synonyms: romp, frolic, prance, caperintransitive
3. (informal) To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.Examples: "We can't even write stories about moguls like Rupert Murdoch or Barry Diller unless it involves photographs of them cavorting with young flesh."informal
Definition source: Wiktionary