cavort

Synonyymisanakirja

cavort

temmeltää, pelehtiä, vehdata, kirmailla, kisailla, peuhata, hypellä, telmiä, juoksennella, kirmata, ilotella, karkeloida, leikkiä.

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Englannin sanakirja

cavort (englanti > suomi)

1. kirmailla

cavort englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To prance, said of mounts

2. 1920, w:Peter B. Kyne|Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter I:

(..) when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, (..) He ceased his cavortings (..)

3. puhekieltä To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

4. 1900, w:Guy Wetmore Carryl|Guy Wetmore Carryl, Mother Goose for Grownups, “s:The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet|The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet”:

And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; (..)

5. 1911, w:Jack London|Jack London, w:The Cruise of the Snark|The Cruise of the Snark, s:Th Cruise of the Snark/Chapter XI|Chapter XI:

He whirligigged and pirouetted, dancing and cavorting round like an inebriated ape.

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