capriole

Meanings

Plural: caprioles

Noun

• (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump
• a playful leap or hop
• 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.
• A leap or caper, as in dancing.

Verb

• perform a capriole, of horses in dressage
• perform a capriole, in ballet
• To leap; to caper.
• To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.

Synonyms

caper