All 4 Uses of
cavort
in
The House of the Spirits
- He was probably happy that night and the few nights after as the two of them cavorted like two puppies in the huge wrought-iron bed that had belonged to the first Trueba and was now somewhat wobbly, although it still withstood the thrusts of love.†
Chpt 2 *cavorted = played in a lively, unrestrained manner
- The most crudely touched-up photographs were circulated, depicting him dressed as Bacchus with a garland of grapes around his head, cavorting with opulent matrons and athletes of his own sex in a perpetual orgy.†
Chpt 13cavorting = playing in a lively, unrestrained manner
- Looking at him for the first time, Alba saw that she had been cavorting with what looked like a total stranger, who not only had the hair of a Viking but also lacked the beard of Miguel and his small round schoolmaster's spectacles, and seemed much thinner.†
Chpt 13
- Through the columns, which were infinitely multiplied by the clever placement of the mirrors, I saw a blue mosaic bathtub that was as big as the room and a pool large enough to bathe a cow in—or, more to the point, for two playful lovers to cavort in.†
Chpt 14cavort = play in a lively, unrestrained manner
Definition:
to play in a lively, unrestrained manner -- typically with someone -- sometimes implying sexual play