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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. 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. n. A playful leap or jump; a caper.
  3. v. To perform a capriole.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A caper or leap, as in dancing; a sudden bound; a spring.
  2. n. In the manège, an upward spring or leap made by a horse without advancing, the hind legs being jerked out when at the height of the leap.
  3. n. A kind of head-dress worn by women.
  4. To execute a capriole; leap; skip.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Man.) 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. n. A leap or caper, as in dancing.
  3. v. To perform a capriole.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a playful leap or hop
  2. v. perform a capriole, in ballet
  3. v. perform a capriole, of horses in dressage
  4. n. (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump

Etymologies

  1. French, from Italian capriola, somersault, from capriolo, roebuck, wild goat, from Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper, capr-, goat. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • ““Glad dance: four count rhythm, jeté on the first pass, capriole on the second,” Lacy called out, banging his counting stick on the floor.”

    Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

  • “Beth played exquisitely and taught me the latest French gigue, much more complicated, with a very quick capriole in the first pass.”

    Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

  • “Borumoter first took his gage at lil lolly lavvander waader since when capriole legs covets limbs of a crane and was it the twylyd or the mounth of the yare or the feint of her smell made the seo-men assalt of her (in imageascene all: whimwhim whimwhim).”

    Finnegans Wake

  • “There's richness from brioche toasted in butter; bits of capriole Mt. St. Francis goat cheese lend a grassy intensity in small doses; toasted pepitas add crunch and nuttiness; and the pungent, spicy sweetness of blackstrap molasses vinaigrette brings the components together.”

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  1. bounce
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  • chained_bear "Like the satyr, the Devil is a rakishly handsome man with at least one cloven hoof, a long tail, horns or goat's ears. Both are master musicians—the satyr plays the lyre or pipes, the Devil the violin. Both scamper in dance-like movements of the goat, performing caprioles."
    —Steven Lonsdale, quoted in Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2006), 81 Mar 13, 2009

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