caprioled

Variant of capriole

capriole definition

cap·ri·ole (kap′rē ōl′)

noun

  1. a caper; leap
  2. a type of competitive jump in which a trained horse leaps upward but not forward and kicks its hind legs so that they are nearly parallel to the ground

Etymology: Fr < It capriola < capriolare, to leap like a goat < capriolo, roe deer < L capreolus, wild goat < caper (gen. capri), he-goat < IE *kapro- > ON hafr, OIr gabor

intransitive verb caprioled -·oled′, caprioling -·ol′·ing

to make a capriole

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