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Rarecurvet
The correct spelling is curvet.
How to pronounce curvet
noun
IPA: /kɜːˈvɛt/
Say it like: Cur-vet
The correct spelling is curvet. 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…
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Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
- 2.To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
- 3.(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.
- 4.(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
- 5.(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
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