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prance

[ prans, prahns ]

verb (used without object)

pranced, prancing.
  1. to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
  2. to ride on a horse doing this.
  3. to ride gaily, proudly, or insolently.
  4. to move or go in an elated manner; cavort.

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  5. to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper.

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verb (used with object)

pranced, prancing.
  1. to cause to prance.

noun

  1. the act of prancing; a prancing movement.

prance

/ ±è°ùɑ˲Բõ /

verb

  1. intr to swagger or strut
  2. intr to caper, gambol, or dance about
  3. intr
    1. (of a horse) to move with high lively springing steps
    2. to ride a horse that moves in this way
  4. tr to cause to prance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of prancing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è°ù²¹²Ô³¦±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ±è°ù²¹²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù²¹²Ô³¦î€½Ä°ù noun
  • ±è°ù²¹²Ô³¦î€ƒi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prance1

1325–75; Middle English prauncen, praunsen (v.); akin to Danish (dial.) pransk spirited, said of a horse
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prance1

C14 prauncen; perhaps related to German prangen to be in full splendour; compare Danish (dialect) pransk lively, spirited, used of a horse
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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.

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Two prancing horses on the front perhaps a nod to the surrounding cattle-grazing and sugarcane fields.

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“What is dancing?†he asked jurors as he pranced and pirouetted across the room.

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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.

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