cavorting

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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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  • Above, a dozen warriors of the Brumbo Clan rode air-horses, cavorting, whooping and shouting, herding the ministers like sheep. —  Languages of Pao The
  • Silhouettes moved in front of the flames, cavorting, carrying weapons. —  AWinterHaunting
  • If all harpsichord recordings from the start sounded like this, perhaps detractors wouldn't have formed their opinions about the instrument (a la Sir Thomas Beecham's quote) sounding like skeletons "cavorting" on a tin roof. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Even cavorting (chastely) with hookers, the nicely dimpled actor continued this trend as clueless, affectless Tom Shayes ... until now, maybe?
  • A new era begins today on Countdown, the programme that launched Channel 4 more than 26 years ago, as the presenter's chair is filled by a man who is rarely happier than when cavorting around a studio with a James Brown puppet, telling his audience "I feel good!" —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
 

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