curvet

[kur-vit, ker-vet, kur-vit] / ˈkɜr vɪt, kərˈvɛt, ˈkɜr vɪt /

VERB

jump

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bounce bound dive drop fall hop plummet skip surge take top vault

STRONG

barge bob buck canter caper clear gambol hurdle hurtle jerk jiggle jounce lollop lop lunge lurch parachute pop quiver rattle ricochet saltate shake sky somersault trip waver wobble

WEAK

bail out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lose

STRONG

retreat

WEAK

decline decrease

Example Sentences

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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

Lenore bowed low, and made her pony curvet gayly.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

With a curvet the boat from the open rounds up at the ladder.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

How proudly the slender lady sat, allowing her black horse to curvet!

From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von