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curvet
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 curvet
A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down.
synoniem: vaulting.
Roget 309:
leap,
jump,
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
saltation†.
ance,
caper;
curvet,
caracole;
gambade†,
gambado†;
capriole,
demivolt†;
buck,
buck jump;
hop skip and jump;
falcade†.
kangaroo,
jerboa;
chamois,
goat,
frog,
grasshopper,
flea;
buckjumper†;
wallaby.
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Roget 311:
circuition†,
circulation;
turn,
curvet;
excursion,
circumvention,
circumnavigation,
circumambulation;
northwest passage;
circuit
etc.
629.
turning
etc.
v.;
wrench;
evolution;
coil,
corkscrew.
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Nederlands: bokkensprong, bokkesprong, capriool
werkwoord
1 curvet
Perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse.
Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Roget 314:
oscillate;
vibrate,
librate†;
alternate,
undulate,
wave;
rock,
swing;
pulsate,
beat;
wag,
waggle;
nod,
bob,
courtesy,
curtsy;
tick;
play;
wamble†,
wabble†;
dangle,
swag.
fluctuate,
dance,
curvet,
reel,
quake;
quiver,
quaver;
shake,
flicker;
wriggle;
roll,
toss,
pitch;
flounder,
stagger,
totter;
move up and down,
bob up and down
etc.
adv.;
pass and repass,
ebb and flow,
come and go;
vacillate
etc.
605;
teeter [U.S.].
brandish,
shake,
flourish.
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Roget 309:
leap;
jump up,
jump over the moon;
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
ramp,
cut capers,
trip,
skip,
dance,
caper;
buck,
buck jump;
curvet,
caracole;
foot it,
bob,
bounce,
flounce,
start;
frisk
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jump about
etc.
(agitation)
315;
trip it on the light fantastic toe,
trip the light fantastic,
dance oneself off one's legs,
dance off one's shoes.
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