capriole
noun
cap·ri·ole ˈka-prē-ˌōl 
1
: a playful leap : caper
2
: a vertical leap by a trained horse that is made with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap
capriole intransitive verb
Word History
Etymology
Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French capriole, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus goat, roebuck, from capr-, caper he-goat; akin to Old English hæfer goat, Greek kapros wild boar
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
caprioles 1 of 2
noun
as in gambados
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- gambados
- gambadoes
- bounces
- capers
- gambols
- skips
- lopes
- attacks
- vaults
- pounces
- springs
- leaps
- bounds
- jumps
- hops
- pitches
- plunges
- dives
caprioles
2 of 2verb
as in capers
Synonyms & Similar Words
- capers
- gambols
- attacks
- hurdles
- frolics
- cavorts
- lopes
- bucks
- romps
- springs
- skips
- bounces
- vaults
- hops
- jumps
- bounds
- leapfrogs
- pounces
- skyrockets
- leaps
- shoots
- haemolyses
- haemolysin
- haemolysis
- haemolysises
- haemolysisses
- haemonies
- haemopes
- haemophile
- haemophiles
- haemophili
- haemophilia
- haemophiliac
- haemophiliacs
- haemophilias
- haemophilic
- haemophilus
- Haemopis
- haemopises
- haemopisses
- haemopoiesis
- haemoprotei
- haemoproteid
- haemoproteidaes
- haemoproteides
- haemoproteids