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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A prank; a frolic.
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verb
Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To cause to leap about, dart or jump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To fly or swim with darting movements.
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verb
(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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verb
(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vaulting
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Broader terms: dressage
verb
perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jump, leap, bound, spring
History
From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).
