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caprioling

caprioling is the present participle and gerund of capriole.

Meaning of capriole

Verb

capriole (third-person singular simple present caprioles, present participle caprioling, simple past and past participle caprioled)

  1. (intransitive) To leap; to caper.
  2. (transitive) To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.
    • Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.1838, Thomas Carlyle, Sir Walter Scott

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Questions about caprioling

What is caprioling the present participle and gerund of?
Caprioling is the present participle and gerund of capriole.

Words near caprioling in the dictionary

  1. caprinids
  2. Caprio
  3. capriole
  4. caprioled
  5. caprioles
  6. caprioling
  7. capriomycin
  8. Caprios
  9. Capriote
  10. Capriotes
  11. Capriotti

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