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prance
[ prans, prahns ]
verb (used without object)
- to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- to ride on a horse doing this.
- to ride gaily, proudly, or insolently.
- to move or go in an elated manner; cavort.
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- to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper.
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verb (used with object)
- to cause to prance.
noun
- the act of prancing; a prancing movement.
prance
/ ɑːԲ /
verb
- intr to swagger or strut
- intr to caper, gambol, or dance about
- intr
- (of a horse) to move with high lively springing steps
- to ride a horse that moves in this way
- tr to cause to prance
noun
- the act or an instance of prancing
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, noun
- ˈԳԲ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- Գİ noun
- ԳiԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prance1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prance1
Example Sentences
Trump and his gang prance around, pretending they’ve come to slay the bureaucratic Leviathan, to liberate the people from the tyranny of big government.
Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane fields.
“What is dancing?” he asked jurors as he pranced and pirouetted across the room.
For example, comedian John Early belts out the Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces,” prancing about dramatically to choreographed moves, while Nicholas Braun from HBO’s “Succession” watches from the audience.
As part of its rebrand, Jaguar revealed a brand new logo on Tuesday, alongside a new prancing "leaper" cat design and marketing slogans such as "delete ordinary".
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