as in frolicking
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as in dancing
to play and run about happily
children cavorting on the first sunny day of spring
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Verb
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Meanwhile, the hallway bathroom upgrades existing tile with an amber shower curtain and emerald leaping cheetah wallpaper from The House of Scalamandré, which Haller chose as a subtle nod to The Royal Tenenbaums.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
26 Dec. 2024 -
Soon, people are leaping forward to yank their bag off the carousel.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2025
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In fact, ancient Romans celebrated the day with a fertility festival with animal sacrifices and drunken merrymaking.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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One was the dot-com collapse, which flattened the bubbly frivolity of early e-commerce.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Their clothing choices are weaponized in ways their husbands' never are – too expensive signals elitism, too casual suggests disrespect, too fashionable indicates frivolity, and too conservative betrays lack of independence.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The women in the fresco are both hunters and dancers, suggesting that the duality of slaughter and revelry was a central tenet.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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To know Puerto Rico is to know kindness in its truest form—or to be more precise, both kindness and all-out drunken revelry in their truest forms.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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One issue that is rarely mentioned involves the potential harsh blowback that heavy drinkers might experience when suddenly skipping alcohol for a full month.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Evaluate which rooms need the most regular attention (skipping the places that aren't normally seen, like the guest room), and map out which cleaning tasks can be completed on a weekly or monthly basis.—
Linley Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Cavorting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavorting. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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