CURVET
\kˈɜːvɪt], \kˈɜːvɪt], \k_ˈɜː_v_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of CURVET
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A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.
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A prank; a frolic.
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To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
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To leap and frisk; to frolic.
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To cause to curvet.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A certain leap of a horse in which he gives his body a curve: a leap or frolic.
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To leap in curvets: to leap: to frisk:-pr.p. curveting; pa.p. curveted.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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