/ kəˈvɔːt; NAmE kəˈvɔːrt/ verb
[ v + adv. / prep. ] to jump or move around in a noisy, excited and often sexual way :
The photos showed her cavorting on the beach with her new lover.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent. (originally US): perhaps an alteration of curvet to leap gracefully or energetically .