"curveting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: curvetings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} curveting (plural curvetings)
  1. The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
    Sense id: en-curveting-en-noun-yRLDd0sE
  2. Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation. (of a person)
    Sense id: en-curveting-en-noun-hxgOB9v1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curvetting

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} curveting
  1. present participle and gerund of curvet Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: curvet
    Sense id: en-curveting-en-verb-ZORVDYKo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 9 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curvetting

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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