curvet
21-vetting — Curvet Cur vet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or { vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or { vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. Oft and high he did curvet. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. To leap …
22Leap — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Leap >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 leap leap jump hop spring bound vault saltation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 dance dance caper Sgm: N 2 curvet curvet …
23leap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Spring through the air Nouns 1. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault; bounce (see recoil). 2. dance, caper; curvet, prance, skip, gambol, frolic, romp, buck. 3. leaper, jumper, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois …
24skip — vb Skip, bound, hop, curvet, lope, lollop, ricochet can all mean to move or advance with successive springs or leaps .The first three words are commonly referable to persons or animals but they may be used in reference to inanimate things. Skip… …
25bound — I adj 1. tied, tethered, made fast, fastened, secured, fixed; in bonds, shackled, fettered, manacled, handcuffed; restrained, confined, restricted. 2. obligated, obliged, duty bound; required, compel ed, constrained. 3. destined, predestined,… …
26jump — v 1. spring, leap, hop, vault, bound, buck, pounce; skip, caper, Inf. hippety hop, leapfrog; frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, bob, bounce; high jump, broad jump, pole vault; upleap, upswing, caracole, curvet, gambado. 2. rise up, scart, start up,… …
27leap — v 1. jump, bound, spring, upspring, run and jump, take off, leave the ground or one s feet; high jump, broad jump, pole vault, steeplechase; (of horses) prance, rear up, buck, buckjump; leapfrog, overleap, jump over, overjump, vault, hurdle,… …
28cavort — ► VERB ▪ jump or dance around excitedly. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of CURVET(Cf. ↑curvet) …
29corvet — same as ↑curvet * * * corvet obs. f. curvet …
30Barrel vault — Vault Vault (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] [1913… …
