Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curveting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: curvet-ing
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of curvet

noun

The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.

noun

Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation. (of a person)

Example Sentences

"the curvetings of a horse"
"One humiliation had succeeded another—the false smiles of the market sellers, the curvetings and oglings of the barmaids with whom his father flirted, the compliments and encouraging words of his father's friends."
"And when they were back again going through the figure, they made a real pantomime of it, with coquettish smiles and curvettings on her part, roguish glances and bold advances on his."

Inflected Forms

curvetting (alternative) curvetings (plural)

Questions

What does curveting mean?: present participle and gerund of curvet

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