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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavort.

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Examples

  • We can also thank Aguirre for his utterly convincing portrayal of a hypocrite who seamlessly cavorts among his peers as a team player and yet brags without shame to the audience of the havoc he intends to wreck.

    James Scarborough: Othello, Long Beach Shakespeare Company James Scarborough 2011

  • We can also thank Aguirre for his utterly convincing portrayal of a hypocrite who seamlessly cavorts among his peers as a team player and yet brags without shame to the audience of the havoc he intends to wreck.

    James Scarborough: Othello, Long Beach Shakespeare Company James Scarborough 2011

  • At one point he leaves Rhoda asleep in bed while he cavorts with his mistress in the living room.

    Icy State Of Affairs Sam Sacks 2011

  • He cavorts like a little kid, jokes like an old soul, dances like a gazelle, bellows like a bitch in heat, and dons more fancy costumes than a cadre of superheroes.

    Gregory Weinkauf: Happy Birthday to Prince! Gregory Weinkauf 2011

  • My oldest (just turned 7) still cavorts in his Spidey undies at home.

    A Garden, Locked | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • The quartet joyously cavorts some 26 feet above the enormous stage, jumping rope, jumping over one another—in one memorable maneuver, 20-year-old Rony leaps over two family members—balancing on a chair, running to and fro, all on a cable that's more than 32 feet long and less than an inch wide.

    A Family Wired For Thrills Joanne Kaufman 2011

  • An energetic cast, headed by the unsinkable Helen Mirren as deposed Milanese royalty Prospera (here given a change of gender), cavorts through a digitally enhanced version of the Bard's tragicomic tale of exile, shipwreck, old wounds and young love set on a remote island.

    The Best of the Fest Greater New York Staff 2010

  • He cavorts like a little kid, jokes like an old soul, dances like a gazelle, bellows like a bitch in heat, and dons more fancy costumes than a cadre of superheroes.

    Gregory Weinkauf: Happy Birthday to Prince! Gregory Weinkauf 2011

  • Yesterday alone I was described as one who “cavorts with fellow writers.”

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing is a People-Growing Machine 2010

  • Kim Kardashian cavorts with naked dudes (for magazine)

    Kim and Kourtney Kardashian to Take New York in January 2010

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