1. (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump
   "The audience gasped as the horse performed a perfect capriole"
    
2. A playful leap or hop
   "The lamb's caprioles in the field delighted the children";
   - caper

1. Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage
   "The skilled dressage horse caprioled gracefully"
    
2. Perform a capriole, in ballet
   "The principal dancer caprioled during the solo"

Derived forms: caprioling, caprioled, caprioles

Type of: bounce, bound, dance, jump, jumping, leap, leaping, saltation, spring

Encyclopedia: Capriole