Definitions
Play or move about in a lively, boisterous way.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“[…] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Romp”6 letters
02“Play boisterously”6 letters
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