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Definitions for Curvet

[1] Dressage . a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
[2] to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this.
[3] to leap and frisk.
[4] to cause to make a curvet.
[5] dressage a low leap with all four feet off the ground
[6] dressage to make or cause to make such a leap
[7] (intr) to prance or frisk about

Words related to Curvet

plummet, skip, dive, drop, bound, bounce, surge, take, hop, fall, vault, top, quiver, barge, rattle, pop, hurdle, shake, trip, caper

Words nearby Curvet

curvature of space, curve, curve ball, curve fitting, curve of occlusion, curvet, curvette, curvilinear, curvilinear coordinate system, curvilinear tracery, curvy

Origin of Curvet

1565–75; earlier curvetto < Italian corvetta < French courbette, equivalent to courb(er) to bend, curve (≪ Latin curvāre; cf. curve) + -ette -ette

Word origin for Curvet

C16: from Old Italian corvetta, from Old French courbette, from courber to bend, from Latin curvāre

Synonyms for Curvet

bounce, bound, dive, drop, fall, hop, plummet, skip, surge, take, top, vault, barge, bob, buck, canter, caper, clear, gambol, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, sky, somersault, trip, waver, wobble, bail out