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

“How can you say such a thing?” he repeated involuntarily, driving a spur into his horse’s flank with a dig that made that spirited animal curvet and prance beneath the restraining curb.

From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Mitford, Bertram

The horse, indeed, starts with his heels in the air, and will curvet and gallop and perform as many tricks as a tumbler.

From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert

The horse, surprised at his burden, cantered casually along at first; then, resenting the intrusion, began to toss his head, snort and curvet about.

From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip