curvet

Questions about curvet

What does curvet mean?

curvet means "a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in curvet?

curvet has 2 syllables and divides as cur-vet under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for curvet?

Close synonyms include vaulting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is curvet a common word?

curvet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.