curvetting

verb

variants or curveting
present participle of curvet
as in dancing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvetting
  1. dancing
  2. prancing
  3. leaping
  4. hopping
  5. bounding
  6. skipping
  7. loping
  8. springing
Verb
  • There was dancing, drinks and dazzling artifacts at the de Young Museum Thursday night.
    — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In January 2023, Becky says Haleigh hurt her neck and back in a car accident and had to stop dancing.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dancing
Verb
  • The most famous item is a birch-bark saddle emblazoned with a prancing horse – the design from which the tomb takes its modern name.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 26 July 2026
  • Besides his frenetic and prancing stage presence and whimsical storytelling, Fleming’s HBO special was memorable for his purple bodysuit designed by Anthony Sartino, who famously created wardrobes for the late rock star Prince.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of prancing
Verb
  • Video captured a woman leaping from an 11th-floor ledge into a firefighter’s arms to escape a high-rise fire.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
  • On the play Dart returned, the QB escaped the pocket before finding Fields in the end zone for a leaping touchdown grab.
    — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaping
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  • Tourists hopping between Greece's islands on high-speed ferries are reporting rough rides and brutal bouts of seasickness along the way.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But word got out fast and by afternoon that day, the place was hopping.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of hopping
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  • East Portal Park was busy on Monday morning, with children bounding through the playground and the soft clunking of bocce balls echoing from the nearby courts.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Perhaps most importantly, the brothers had an indisputable chemistry, both in the studio and bounding around racks of equipment on stage.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bounding
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  • Kyrgios had a meager 1-4 record in the 2025 season, losing a first-round match in the Australian Open then skipping the next three Grand Slams.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • By skipping the post-shakedown maintenance, Massachusetts can focus on starting its operational career.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipping
Verb
  • Typical is a homeowner’s video from the other day of a coyote loping down a driveway in DeKalb’s Glendale Courts area.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Gradually, though, dubby hand percussion rises up from the deep, and soon a truculent, alien-sounding riff and loping dancehall cadence spin the compass point back toward Batu’s Bristol.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
Definition of loping
Verb
  • At a recent pre-opening event, Garrelts pointed to a flower springing out of a vase.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Search lived alongside breakouts for news, email, sports, weather, finance, and other content, all designed to keep users on the site rather than springing off to results pages.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of springing
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