MEANING
To jump or move about playfully and energetically.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- cavort on the lawn
- cavort in the waves
On the page
Children cavorted in the spray while their parents packed the picnic.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- cavort
- Past tense
- cavorted
- Past participle
- cavorted
- Present participle
- cavorting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- cavort
- Present continuous
- am/is/are cavorting
- Present perfect
- have/has cavorted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been cavorting
- Past
- cavorted
- Past continuous
- was/were cavorting
- Past perfect
- had cavorted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been cavorting
- Future
- will cavort
- Future continuous
- will be cavorting
- Future perfect
- will have cavorted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been cavorting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: cavort; cavorts; cavorted; cavorted; cavorting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: cavorts.
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