Prance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To spring forward on the hind legs. Used of a horse.
  • verb-intransitive. To spring or bound forward in a manner reminiscent of a spirited horse.
  • verb-intransitive. To ride a horse moving in such a fashion.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk or move about spiritedly; strut.
  • v. To cause (a horse) to prance.
  • n. The act or an instance of prancing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of prancing.
  • v. To spring forward on the hind legs.
  • v. To strut about.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
  • verb-intransitive. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a show in walking; move proudly, lifting the feet with a rearing or capering motion: used of horses in high mettle.
  • To ride with a rearing or capering motion; ride gaily, proudly, or insolently.
  • To walk, strut, or caper in an elated, proud, or conceited manner.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a proud stiff pompous gait
  • v. cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
  • v. spring forward on the hind legs
  • v. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
  • v. ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
  • Verb Form
    pranced    prances    prancing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gait    ride    sit    locomote    travel    move    go    walk    ride horseback   
    Cross Reference
    ride    caper    swagger   
    Form
    pranced    prancing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chance    France    Lance    Nance    Romance    Vance    advance    anse    askance    chance   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    riderless    milk-white    frisk    piebald    rawboned    roan    restive    coal-black    half-broken    sorrel