The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wantoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning.]
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To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
Nature here wantoned as in her prime.
--Milton.How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams!
--Lamb. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of wanton English)
Usage examples of "wantoning".
The frolic and various play of all his polish'd limbs, as they appeared above the surface, in the course of his swimming or wantoning with the water, amus'd and insensibly delighted me: sometimes he lay motionless, on his back, waterborne, and dragging after him a fine head of hair, that, floating, swept the stream in a bush of black curls.
Thou askedst him that night, when thou wast wantoning with him, whether seemed to him the greater, my folly or the love thou didst bear him: call him now, foolish woman, and see if the love thou bearest him, and thy wit and his, may avail to deliver thee from my folly.