prance
A prancing movementA prancing movement.
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» The horse pranced through the meadow.
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1 sensesA prancing movement.
- a proud stiff pompous gait
Examples
12 sentencesThe horse pranced through the meadow.
Cookie pranced across the room meowing.
The horse liked to prance during shows.
Twig in beak, the diminutive bird pranced atop the thick branch.
"Will you please not prance about, and instead take this more seriously?"
Origin
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of MFrom Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).
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