Gavotte

verb/gˈævʌt/culture

Definition

To move in a showy, pretentious, and attention-seeking manner.

Etymology

From French, from Provençal gavoto (“dance of the mountain people”), from Old Occitan Gavot (“Alp native”, literally “glutton, boor”), from gaver (“force feed”), from Old Provençal gava (“crop”); attested since the 1690s.

In a sentence

He gavotted through the conference networking every conversation in sight.