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cavort definition

☆ ca·vort (kə vôrt′)

intransitive verb

  1. to leap about; prance or caper
  2. to romp about happily; frolic

Etymology: earlier cavaut; prob. < ca-, colloq. intens. prefix (< ? Ger ge-) + vault

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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