curvet

A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.

A prank; a frolic.

Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.

To cause to leap about, dart or jump.

(of a bird) To fly or swim with darting movements.

(of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.

(of an object) To jump, skip, shake.