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curvet

/kɜːˈvɛt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.
  2. A prank; a frolic.
  3. Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
  4. To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
  5. (of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
  6. (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
  7. (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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