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Capriole

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cap⋅ri⋅ole

  [kap-ree-ohl] noun, verb, -oled, -ol⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a caper or leap.
2. Manège. a movement in which the horse jumps up with its forelegs well drawn in, kicks out with its hind legs in a horizontal position in the air, and then lands again on the same spot.
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute a capriole.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF < It capriola, n. deriv. of capriolare to leap, caper, v. deriv. of capri(u)olo roebuck < L capreolus, equiv. to capre(a) roe deer (deriv. of caper male goat; cf. caper 1 ) + -olus -ole 1
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cap·ri·ole   (kāp'rē-ōl')   
n.  

  1. An upward leap made by a trained horse without going forward and with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap.

  2. A playful leap or jump; a caper.

intr.v.   cap·ri·oled, cap·ri·ol·ing, cap·ri·oles
To perform a capriole.

[French, from Italian capriola, somersault, from capriolo, roebuck, wild goat, from Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper, capr-, goat.]
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