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 horses of his body-guard began to paw and curvet to free their feet as the loose reins tightened on their necks.

From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson

Troth, in my hope, or my assurance, rather, To see thee curvet, and mount like a dog in a blanket, If ever thou presume to pass her threshold, I will endure thy company.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

When the local was still far behind she would begin to curvet and take the bit between her teeth.

From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Gates, Eleanor