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curvetted

verb

variants or curveted
past tense of curvet
as in danced

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvetted
  1. danced
  2. pranced
  3. leaped
  4. bounded
  5. hopped
  6. skipped
  7. reveled
  8. sprang
Verb
  • At a San Jose coffee and matcha rave, attendees danced to DJ sets while sipping coffee and matcha rather than heading to a traditional nightclub.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
  • At one San Jose event, attendees danced to DJ sets while drinking coffee and matcha lattes rather than gathering in a traditional nightclub.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of danced
Verb
  • As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
    — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Definition of pranced
Verb
  • But Maiava uncorked a deep pass to Corey Simms, who leaped in front of a Rutgers cornerback to catch it, then sprinted for an unexpectedly easy 52-yard touchdown.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Atlassian’s stock has leapt 230% from an April low, helped by stronger-than-expected earnings, but is still 60% below its late-2021 peak.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaped
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  • Up to a million wild black-footed ferrets once bounded in the grasslands from Canada to Mexico, between Arizona and Kansas.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Christian Moore hit an infield single with two outs and the bases loaded that bounded off reliever Taylor Rogers' leg to score Zach Neto and give the Los Angeles Angels a 6-5, 11-inning victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of bounded
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  • Legislators from major production states — Georgia, New York, California, Texas — have hopped on board, but the efforts of CAP and others were aimed at bringing more people into the tent, including those from states with less filming going on.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Sox have won 11 of Tolle’s last 12 starts, and his strikeout rate over the last two months has hopped above one-third of opposing hitters.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • Staff at the meat department washed a trap containing raw chicken juice and skipped the sanitizing step.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • But the proposal was vague on details and skipped over making a promise to renovate.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of skipped
Verb
  • Navarrete reveled with one woman over her husband’s release from a detention facility.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of reveled
Verb
  • Receiver Khalil Shakir, who’d juked slot safety Jalen Pitre and sprung open near the first-down marker, fully expected to get the ball in stride.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • After two hours of practice, with the 10-foot-tall fences doing little to muffle the bullhorn orders and corresponding groans, the huddle broke and the personalities sprung to life.
    — Noah White, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sprang
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“Curvetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvetted. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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