All cavort synonyms
caΒ·vort
C c verb cavort
- fool around β a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- romp β to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
- caper β Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- rollick β to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free, hearty, lively, or jovial way.
- dance β If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- roughhouse β rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- revel β to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in): to revel in luxury.
- frisk β to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- caracole β a half turn to the right or left
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- prance β to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- cut loose β to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- cut up β If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
- horse around β a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horseplay β rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- monkey around β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
noun cavort
- trip the light fantastic β a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- two-step β a ballroom dance in duple meter, marked by sliding steps.
- hoof it β the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse.
- conga β If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
- charleston β The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- jitterbug β a strenuously acrobatic dance consisting of a few standardized steps augmented by twirls, splits, somersaults, etc., popular especially in the early 1940s and performed chiefly to boogie-woogie and swing.
- foot it β (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- boogie β When you boogie, you dance to fast pop music.
- foxtrot β a word used in communications to represent the letter F.
- samba β a rhythmic, Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin.
- cut a rug β a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
- bunny hop β a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- one-step β a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
- rhumba β a dance, Cuban in origin and complex in rhythm.
- jitter β jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- tango β a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.