1. behaving in an unrestrained, playful, or carefree manner
Usage: archaic or literary

Examples

• The children were wantoning in the meadow on the sunny afternoon.
• She spent the day wantoning through the garden without a care.
• The young lambs were wantoning in the spring pasture.
• He was wantoning away his inheritance on frivolous pursuits.
• The dancers were wantoning across the stage with wild abandon.