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cavorting

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verb

present participle of cavort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavorting
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • One was the dot-com collapse, which flattened the bubbly frivolity of early e-commerce.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 16 Mar. 2025.

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