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Definition curvet

Etymology

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

Verb

curvet (third-person singular simple present curvets, present participle curveting or curvetting, simple past and past participle curveted or curvetted)

1. (intransitive, of a horse or, by extension, another animal) To leap about, 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.

Noun

curvet (plural 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.

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