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PRANCE
strut, prance, swagger
(noun) a proud stiff pompous gait
tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock
(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; “He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”
prance
(verb) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
prance
(verb) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
prance
(verb) spring forward on the hind legs; “The young horse was prancing in the meadow”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
(colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
Noun
prance (plural prances)
A prancing movement.
• D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
Anagrams
• parcen
Source: Wiktionary
Prance, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Prancing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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