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ALL meanings of curvet

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  • noun curvet a low leap with all four feet off the ground 3
  • verb curvet to make or cause to make such a leap 3
  • verb curvet to prance or frisk about 3
  • noun curvet in equestrian exhibitions, a movement in which a horse rears, then leaps forward, raising the hind legs just before the forelegs come down 3
  • intransitive verb curvet to make a curvet 3
  • verb transitive curvet to cause to curvet 3
  • noun curvet (of a horse) leap gracefully or energetically. 1
  • noun curvet Dressage. a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend. 1
  • verb without object curvet to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this. 1
  • verb without object curvet to leap and frisk. 1
  • verb with object curvet to cause to make a curvet. 1
  • noun curvet A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as his forelegs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once. 0
  • noun curvet A prank; a frolic. 0
  • verb curvet (of a horse) To leap about, frolic. 0
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