🐎 To leap gracefully 🐎 A horse's leap

to curvet

1 9.9

To leap or prance so a horse's back legs leave the ground before its front legs land

verb
/ˈkərˌvet/

Specialized

: curvetear

She watched the show horse curveting across the arena, its mane flowing with every graceful leap.

Examples

The horse curvets beautifully during the performance.
The stallion began to curvet proudly around the ring, drawing applause from the audience.
During the parade, the trained horse would curvet on command, astonishing the crowd with its elegance.
She loves to watch her mare curvet in the arena.
The horse curvet elegantly, impressing the judges at the competition.
As they practiced, the horse would curvet in excitement whenever it spotted the jumps.
During the performance, the stallion curvet beautifully, showcasing its training and agility.

Synonyms

to prance

vsto curvet

1 5.0

To move with high bouncy steps like a horse

specifies a graceful leap where both hind legs leave the ground

to curvet across

vsto curvet

Specialized

9.9

Move across with a light, graceful jump like a dancer or horse

is a graceful leap not necessarily moving across space

Phrasal Verbs

to curvet across

Specialized

9.9

Move across with a light, graceful jump like a dancer or horse

How Graceful

to capriole

Specialized

9.9

to curvet

Specialized

1 9.9

to jump

∞ 1.0

to hop

139 1.0

Surface Forms

curvet infinitive

curveted past

curveted past participle

curveting present participle

curvets third person singular

Etymology

To curvet is to leap or prance in a short, graceful arc, and you can link it to the familiar word curve ('curve' or 'to bend') to imagine the horse drawing a small, elegant curve with its body as it jumps.