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

After a moment or two of this exercise, with a quick curvet, the insect betook himself to the roof of the piazza, where he disappeared among the bordering vines.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

"See that creature begin to curvet and roll her eyes!" says Mrs. Gunning.

From A British Islander From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

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