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

By so doing, the mouth of the horse receives a jerk which seldom fails to make it rear and curvet from side to side.

From The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America by Friston, D. H.

Troth, in my hope, or my assurance, rather, To see thee curvet, and mount like a dog in a blanket, If ever thou presume to pass her threshold, I will endure thy company.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

"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