curvet

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Elizabeth's Winston, pestered by a swarm of thunder flies, began to curvet alarmingly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards.

From Time Magazine Archive

The spirited animal began to curvet and rear, as if proud of his burthen.

From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de

"See that creature begin to curvet and roll her eyes!" says Mrs. Gunning.

From A British Islander From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Well, he rode no less than three times up and down the same street, and regularly under a certain balcony; let his horse curvet so senselessly that one dreaded an accident every moment.

From Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes by Werner, E.