1.  capriole(n = noun.act) - (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump;
is a kind of jump, jumping

2.  capriole(n = noun.act) caper - a playful leap or hop;
is a kind of bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring

1.  capriole(v = verb.motion) - perform a capriole, of horses in dressage;
is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
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2.  capriole(v = verb.motion) - perform a capriole, in ballet;
is one way to dance
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1.  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. [1913 Webster]

2.  A leap or caper, as in dancing. Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]

   To perform a capriole. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

capriole, n. & v.
--n.
1 a leap or caper.
2 a trained horse's high leap and kick without advancing.
--v.
1 intr. (of a horse or its rider) perform a capriole.
2 tr. make (a horse) capriole.

Etymology:
F f. It. capriola leap, ult. f. caper -pri goat

N  leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.