CURVETTING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

curvetting

verb

variants or curveting

present participle of curvet

as in dancing

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Next week, all 14 of our remaining couples will be dancing on the same night — that’s when the competition really starts.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
This movie features a flash mob with you and Jasmine Trinca dancing to the Rolling Stones.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dancing

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Iggy Pop, still prancing, howling and whooping with his chest exposed and jeans sliding down his waist, claims the title of the festival’s leading elder statesman.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
On August 25, the 53-year-old model shared a video on Instagram of herself prancing around a hotel room in a lilac thong bikini and open-toe gold stilettos.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of prancing

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Herbert repeatedly connected with Ladd McConkey early in the game, and later found him for a touchdown, but that option disappeared near the end of the third quarter when the standout receiver suffered a chest injury while leaping to make a catch.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026
From its uppermost floors, people were leaping out to their deaths, windmilling in terror toward the concrete below.

— Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of leaping

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And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hopping

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On Sunday, the plan appeared no more complex than hoping that Bruno Fernandes or Kobbie Mainoo could produce a miracle pass or, in the first half, that Marcus Rashford could generate momentum by skipping past defenders.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Tourists are skipping the gift shop for konbini snacks, celebrity smoothies and private-label finds, and the retailers are paying attention.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of skipping

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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

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