Meaning of PRANCE
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- [n] a proud stiff pompous gait
- [v] to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house."
- [v] ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
- [v] cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
- [v] spring foward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
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| | Synonyms: | | cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, strut, swagger, swagger |
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| | See Also: | | gait, go, locomote, move, pimproll, ride, ride horseback, sit, travel, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Prance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pranced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prancing}.] [OE. prauncen; probably akin to prank, v. t. See
Prank.]
1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
Now rule thy prancing steed. --Gay.
2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious
manner.
The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field.
--Addison.
3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with
warlike parade. --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | amble, barge, bob, bounce, bound, bowl along, bundle, canter, caper, capriole, caracole, cavort, clog, clump, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, dance, dido, drag, droop, falcade, flounce, foot, footslog, fox-trot, frisk, gait, gallop, gambade, gambado, gambol, go on horseback, hack, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof, hop, jog, jolt, jump, jump about, leap, limp, lock step, lope, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mount, pace, paddle, peacock, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, rack, ramp, ride bareback, ride hard, roll, romp, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shimmy, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, spring, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swing, take horse, tap-dance, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, waddle, walk, waltz, wamble, wiggle, wobble |
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