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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