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curveting

verb

Meaning

  1. Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
  2. To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
  3. (of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
  4. (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
  5. (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
  6. The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
  7. (of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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