cavorting
Bounding about joyfully
Cavorting is lively, energetic movement—leaping, prancing, or frolicking with abandon.
Children cavort on playgrounds; lambs cavort in spring fields.
The word often carries a suggestion of carefree or reckless behavior, sometimes with sexual undertones: The tabloids caught him cavorting with models on his yacht.
playful
Lighthearted energetic movement
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
- prancingShowy high-stepping movement
- caperingPlayful jumping around
frisking · skipping · leaping · bounding · gallivanting · larking · rollicking · frolicsome
frolicking
Lighthearted energetic movement
- rompingPlaying with energetic movement
- gambolingPlayful jumping about
- prancingShowy high-stepping movement
capering · frisking · skipping · leaping · bounding · gallivanting · larking · rollicking · frolicsome · sportive
waltzing
Dancing in 3/4 time
- twirlingRapid circular motion
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- pirouettingSpinning on one leg
swaying · swirling · jiving · boogieing · grooving · shimmying · sashaying · gliding · whirling · dipping
- lively motionsbouncing, bounding, darting, dashing, frolicking
- tomfoolerysilliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- fooling aroundjoking, kidding, jesting, fooling, teasing
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- merrimentmirth, laugh, gaiety, merriment, chuckle