curvet

verb · nounA2

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verb

V_es/s

curvets

V_ing/Gerund

curvetting

V_ed/pp

curvetingcurvetted

1.
(intransitive)Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
2.
(transitive)To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
3.
(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
4.
(figuratively)(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
5.
(figuratively)(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

curvets

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.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (curve), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (bent, curved).