curvet

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

His eyes shone with pleasure, and he allowed his horse to curvet freely.

From Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

This plan has its advantages; it allows, for instance, the writer's pen to curvet as well as the artist's pencil.

From Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" by Foote, G. W. (George William)

His heels turned the horse in a graceful curvet "I'm saying, Islay," he cried over his shoulder, "have a free cask or two at the Cross in the morning."

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil