capriole

Definitions

1. A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
2. A leap or caper, as in dancing.

Equivalents

Examples

“With lofty turns and caprioles.”

“When Dandy Dinmont, after executing two or three caprioles, and cutting the Highland-fling, by way of ridicule of his wife's anxiety, at last⟳ deigned to sit⟳ down, and commit his round, black, shaggy bullet of a head to her inspection.”

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