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PRONUNCIATION OF CAVORTINGS

cavortings  [kəˈvɔːtɪŋz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAVORTINGS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cavortings is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAVORTINGS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cavortings in the English dictionary

The definition of cavortings in the dictionary is sexual frolics.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAVORTINGS


beastings
ˈbiːstɪŋz
beestings
ˈbiːstɪŋz
biestings
ˈbiːstɪŋz
boltings
ˈbɒltɪŋz
excerptings
ɛkˈsɜːptɪŋz
fittings
ˈfɪtɪŋz
footings
ˈfʊtɪŋz
Hastings
ˈheɪstɪŋz
hustings
ˈhʌstɪŋz
ratings
ˈreɪtɪŋz
retrofittings
ˌretrəʊˈfɪtɪŋz
siftings
ˈsɪftɪŋz
skirtings
ˈskɜːtɪŋz
thrustings
ˈθrʌstɪŋz
underwritings
ˈʌndəˌraɪtɪŋz
uprootings
ʌpˈruːtɪŋz
Writings
ˈraɪtɪŋz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAVORTINGS

caving
caving-in
cavitary
cavitate
cavitation
Cavite
cavities
cavity
cavity block
cavity resonator
cavity wall
cavity wall insulation
cavo-relievi
cavo-relievo
cavo-rilievo
cavolo nero
cavort
cavorter
Cavour
cavy

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAVORTINGS

bathroom fittings
bearings
crochetings
earnings
evenings
feelings
findings
furnishings
gas fittings
leggings
proceedings
rankings
savings
Springs
strings
surroundings
the Writings
things
wings
with all the trimmings

Synonyms and antonyms of cavortings in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cavortings» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAVORTINGS

Find out the translation of cavortings to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cavortings from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cavortings» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cavortings
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cavortings
570 millions of speakers

English

cavortings
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cavortings
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cavortings
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cavortings
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cavortings
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cavortings
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cavortings
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cavortings
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cavortings
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cavortings
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cavortings
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cavortings
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cavortings
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cavortings
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कवडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cavortings
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cavortings
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cavortings
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cavortings
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cavortings
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cavortings
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cavortings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cavortings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cavortings
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cavortings

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVORTINGS»

The term «cavortings» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.815 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of cavortings
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cavortings».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAVORTINGS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cavortings» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cavortings» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cavortings

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAVORTINGS»

Discover the use of cavortings in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cavortings and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jasotron: 2012: A FoxTrot Collection
The twenty-seventh collection of "FoxTrot" comic strips continues to critique society's latest events and obsessions and documents the rivalry between Jason and Paige as well as Roger's efforts to monitor his hairline.
Bill Amend, 2012
2
A Commonplace Killing: A Novel
“And you may rest assured that I know nothing of her cavortings since she came back to Holloway.” “Cavortings...?” Mrs Jackson drew a deep breath, and moistened her lips delicately. “It is not my custom and habit to speak ill of the dead, ...
Siân Busby, 2013
3
The first time I saw Jenny Hall: a novel
Singer Jenny Hall, commercial artist Steve Potts, and their band split their cavortings and loves between their countryside commune and caravan tours of roadside motels and mini-stadiums
Eric K. Goodman, 1983
4
This Is Sex
"This Is Sex is an objective look at the most recent phenomenon in addiction: sex.
Karen Farrington, 2003
5
The Library Association Record
What is wrong with "literary cavortings"? Why this pompous assumption that " literary cavortings" are necessarily intended to impress outside readers? I think it would be less pompous and more reasonable in Mr. Paton and his Guru to admit  ...
6
The Shakespeare Inset: Word and Picture
The cavortings happened year after year until the young wife grew old, and died. The Shepherd's picture may be a capture in memory of his wife on one such particular occasion; but more likely it is a median image, an image drawn from the ...
Francis Berry, 2013
7
Hunter's Dance: A John McIntire Mystery
Well, come to that, the cavortings of his lumberjack neighbors were no more remarkable than his own part in the festivities. If, a year ago, some seer had told him that tonight he'd be leaning against this wall with a badge on his chest keeping ...
Kathleen Hills, 2011
8
It’s All a Kind of Magic: The Young Ken Kesey
Unfortunately, a good two-thirds of the reviewers felt differently, often vehemently. Howard Taugman of the New York Times, for example, called it “a crazy quilt of wisecracks, cavortings, violence and histrionic villainy.” The Village Voice ...
Rick Dodgson, 2013
9
Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medicine
The cavortings of Leeuvenhoek' s animalcules under the microscope were innocent fun. Pre-revolutionary medicine was a static art, though speculative minds could indulge in fanciful new classifications and philosophical ruminations about ...
Thomas Dormandy, 2003
10
A People Passing Rude: British Responses to Russian Culture
However, it is true that throughout 1822, the year in which Byron wrote the Russian cantos, the cavortings of the Holy Alliance, inspired by the mysticism of Madame Krüdener and Alexander I, was very much in European evidence, in its plans ...
Anthony Cross, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAVORTINGS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cavortings is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Dowager Marchioness of Reading: Society beauty who defied …
... of Charles Mappin's language, especially in respect of his cavortings with the likes of Chou Chou and others of his Polynesian concubines.". «The Independent, May 15»
2
98 years old and STILL proud to eat british...
WHATEVER you may think about the recent cavortings of our politicians, or Europe, or Princess Charlotte, or today's celebrations of the 70th ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
3
Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 4 – which recording is best?
... the Scherzo has an invigorating spring in its step as well as a welcome dash of humour (I hear echoes of Satan's gleeful cavortings in Job). «Gramophone, Apr 15»
4
La Traviata, English National Opera, review: Elizabeth Zharoff is a …
... which Violetta is the only real person, with the chorus like a hyperactive crowd of George Grosz caricatures given to quasi-sexual cavortings. «The Independent, Feb 15»
5
David Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting'
Most of the pictures come out of the take of daily news work, from the sardine run in Durban to the pre-Durban July cavortings of a seminude girl ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jan 15»
6
The Killer in the Blue Dress
Galveston's gay community has hardly diminished since the cavortings of Shearn Moody Jr., and at any given time, three or four island venues feature ... «GQ Magazine, Dec 14»
7
From Elvis Presley to Russell Brand, via punk, rebellion makes the …
And, at the risk of being thought a spoilsport one could also argue that Russell Brand's cavortings in support of his new book Revolution risk ... «The Independent, Oct 14»
8
Life on the Moon (English Touring Opera)
The amateurish cavortings resemble village hall panto, although it's fair to point out that this works for some people and the first night audience ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Oct 14»
9
Film Review: 'Lucky Stiff'
The late relative even made all the necessary bookings and provided a detailed itinerary of their cavortings before kicking the bucket. «Variety, Oct 14»
10
Profile: François Hollande
All this is likely to neutralise whatever sneaking admiration Hollande could have expected from a country that takes the marital cavortings of its ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cavortings [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cavortings>. Apr 2024 ».
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