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
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  • Recalling the biblical knights that danced and fought in Cucinelli’s childhood dreams, the director projects crayon drawings on the rafters above the bed his fictional counterpart (Francesco Cannevale) shares with his cousins.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 25 July 2026
  • After Turner danced his way through a Stereolab song, one viewer shared that his joy reminded them of two friends who loved the band and later died of cancer.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 July 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
  • Lundgren got out from the driver’s side of the vehicle, stumbled across the opposing lane of traffic, and leaped over the side of the bridge into Table Rock Lake below, the sheriff said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Gavi’s teammates then leapt to the defense of the 21-year-old, per the outlet.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Definition of leaped
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  • The private sector’s growing role in security functions can deliver real value when properly bounded.
    — David Niccolini, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • In simple terms, the company is developing something that receives a photon and then uses an optical switch to direct it into a path bounded by highly reflective mirrors.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
Definition of bounded
Verb
  • Eventually and from a respectful distance, Ayres hopped in the water to get a better look at the whales.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Sensing that her slowly closing window was about to slam all the way shut, our entrepreneurial acquaintance flashed her best smile and hopped out to complete whatever errand had brought her there in the first place.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 23 July 2026
Definition of hopped
Verb
  • For the first time in at least three decades, Raúl Castro skipped Cuba’s Moncada revolutionary commemoration.
    — Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
  • The test went deep on the safe part and skipped the dangerous one.
    — Christian Espinosa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of skipped
Verb
  • 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
  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of reveled
Verb
  • With every World Cup, the possibility that a genuine surprise will be sprung, either at the collective or the individual level, is shrinking.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Ricketts sprung second-half sub Omar Yehya to the end line, and Yehya rewarded Moshobane for all his work by finding him in the box.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026
Definition of sprang
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