jump off the ground, leap, frisk
jump, leap made from a rearing position (by a horse)
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Curvet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To cause to curvet.
To cause to curvet.
(n.)
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
To make a curvet; to leap; to bound.
(n.)
To leap and frisk; to frolic.
To leap and frisk; to frolic.
(n.)
A prank; a frolic.
A prank; a frolic.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
curvet
\cur"vet\ (kûr"v?t or kûr-v?t"; 277), n. [oe. corvet, it. corvetta: cf. f. courbette. see curve, and cf. corvetto.]
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.
curvet
\cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. curveted or -vetted; p. pr. & vb. n. curveting or -vetting.] [cf. it. corvettare. see curvet, n.] 1. to make a curvet; to leap; to bound. "oft and high he did curvet."
2. to leap and frisk; to frolic.
curvet
\cur"vet\, v. t. to cause to curvet.
curvet
n : a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down [syn: vaulting]
v : perform a curvet, of a horse
Noun
1. a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
(synonym) vaulting
(hypernym) dressage
Verb
1. perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
(hypernym) jump, leap, bound, spring
(derivation) vaulting
