Thesaurus: curvet

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1. n. 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.
2. n. A prank; a frolic.
3. n. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
4. n. To leap and frisk; to frolic.
5. v. t. To cause to curvet.
6. n. a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
7. v. perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
8. 1. (Man.) 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. 2. A prank; a frolic. 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet." Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. Shak. To cause to curvet. Landor.
9. A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legsat once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raiseshis hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.
10. n. a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down v. perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse