hop

blowout, celebration, event, festival, festivity, fete (or fête), gala, masque (also mask), masquerade, mixer, party, reception, shindig, soiree (or soirée)

hoedown, square dance

bounce, lope, skip

caper, capriole, gambado, gambol

attack, pounce

dive, pitch, plunge

caper, frisk, gambol, romp

skim, skitter

jump, leap, vault

bounce, hurdle, leapfrog, lope, skip

buck

caper, capriole, cavort, frolic, gambol, romp

attack, pounce

shoot, skyrocket