cavort

English - Turkish

Definition of cavort in English Turkish dictionary: tepinmek; hoplayıp sıçramak; zıplamak; {f} hoplamak; ABD sıçramak; tepin; oynamak; {f} sıçramak
jump about, skip: jump hakkında atlamak

English - English

Definition of cavort in English English dictionary: To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously
He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.; To prance, said of mounts; Cavort is sometimes used by journalists to suggest that people were behaving in a playfully sexual way. It was claimed she cavorted with a police sergeant in a Jacuzzi but she denies this. = romp. to jump or dance around in a playful or sexual way cavort about/around (Perhaps from curvet (16-21 centuries), from corvettare, from corvetta , from courber ); To play boisterously; to romp or frolic; to prance about; to caper; play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"; When people cavort, they leap about in a noisy and excited way. You can enjoy a quick snack while your children cavort in the sand = romp; {f} jump about, skip; To prance ostentatiously; said of a horse or his rider
cavorting: The action of the verb to cavort
cavorting: Present participle of cavort

cavort

Hyphenation

ca·vort

Turkish pronunciation

kıvôrt

Synonyms

romp, frolic, prance, caper, caracole, carry on, cut loose, cut up, dance, fool around, frisk, gambol, go places and do things, horse around, horseplay

Pronunciation

/kəˈvôrt/ /kəˈvɔːrt/

Etymology

[ k&-'vort ] (intransitive verb.) 1794. Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the colloquial intens. prefix ca- + vault "jump, leap."; later generalized. Early sources connect it to cavault, a term for a certain demeanor of horses.