curvet vs jump about

curvet

verb
  • To cause to leap about, dart or jump. 

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

  • To fly or swim with darting movements. 

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

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

noun
  • A prank; a frolic. 

  • 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. 

jump about

verb
  • To move erratically by jumping. 

  • To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly, usually as a result of being nervous. 

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