curvet

Definition of curvetnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvet
Verb
  • And the preacher pranced around the stage.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • As a little girl, Alexa Ray Joel would slip into costumes handed over by supermodel mom Christie Brinkley, then prance around performing Disney musicals like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.
    Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Fans danced to Latin music blaring from the speakers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Vásquez didn’t factor in the decision after a defensive miscue led to the bullpen briefly losing the lead, but the emerging starting pitcher danced in and out of trouble in keeping the Red Sox at bay on an evening in which the wind chill dropped the temperature into the high 20s.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Jason Chronis’ bass still does load-bearing work in the long, loping melodies, which Matt Simon carpets with tensely accented drumming.
    Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With the enthusiastic Sun loping into your 9th House of Mental Expansion, curiosity is about to become your best guide.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Angine is not Dillinger Escape Plan or Naked City leaping wildly between time signatures—a loop pedal serves as the third member of the band, so every song is generally locked into a pulse.
    Christopher R. Weingarten, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Baldwin nearly had a homer in the seventh, but Athletics center fielder Denzel Clarke leaped above the wall to make a dazzling catch.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In some species the nipples are fully exposed or are bounded by mere remnants of a pouch.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The territory is roughly bounded by Interstate 10 on the south and west and Loop 410 to the north and east.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.
    Benjamin Lima Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Curvet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvet. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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