cavort

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But Dad's recent downsizing means there's no cash for a Riviera cavort, much less grad school.

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  1. intransitive verb To bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; caper.
  2. intransitive verb To have lively or boisterous fun; romp: The children cavorted in the water, splashing and ducking each other.

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  1. Possibly alteration of curvet.

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  1. Said to be a corruption of curvet.
 

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/kæˈvɔrt/
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