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Cavorting

(originally intransitive) To prance, said of mounts

📖 Definitions of "Cavorting"

verb

noun

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
gambolverb	(intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
rollickverb	To behave in a playful or carefree manner; to frolic or romp.
frolicverb	(intransitive) To make merry; to have fun; to romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
disportverb	(ambitransitive, reflexive, dated) To amuse oneself divertingly or playfully; in particular, to cavort or gambol.
rompverb	(intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
friskverb	The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.
run aroundverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
sportverb	(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
larkverb	To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
skylarkverb	(dated, originally nautical) To jump about joyfully, frolic; to play around, play tricks.
lark aboutverb	Synonym of lark around.
caperingverb	The motion of one who capers.
gallivantingverb	Roaming about for pleasure.
caperernoun	One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
gambolingnoun	Alternative form of gambolling. [The act of one who gambols.]
gambollingnoun	The act of one who gambols.
capernoun	A prank or practical joke.
rousenoun	(military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.
rompernoun	A onesie.
cruisingnoun	Sailing about without an exact destination, especially for pleasure.