curvetted

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A form of curvet — Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of curvet

    […] flights of small, low-flying brown doves chased one another to and fro, and bee-eaters, emerald-green, curvetted like slow swallows.

    1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days
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APA

curvetted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvetted

MLA

“curvetted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvetted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curvetted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curvetted.

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