cavort

Verb

Verb Forms: cavorted, cavorting, cavorts

To jump or dance around excitedly; to frolic joyfully.
play boisterously
To prance, frolic, gambol.
To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.

Examples

After a triple-word-score play, he wanted to CAVORT around the room in celebration.

Origin / Etymology

Originated in the United States in 1793, as cauvaut, applying to horses, probably from the colloquial intensifying prefix ca-/ka- + vault (“jump, leap”); later generalized. Early sources connect it to cavault, a term for a certain demeanor of horses. Alternatively, a variation of curvet.

Synonyms

disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport, caper, prance

Scrabble Score: 11

cavort: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cavort: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cavort: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cavort: valid Words With Friends Word