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Prance

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Noun

1. prance, strut, swagger

a proud stiff pompous gait

Verb

2. cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

Example Sentences:
'He struts around like a rooster in a hen house'

3. prance

spring forward on the hind legs

Example Sentences:
'The young horse was prancing in the meadow'

4. prance

cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

5. prance

ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prance

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to swagger or strut
2. (intransitive)
to caper, gambol, or dance about
3. (intransitive)
a. 
(of a horse) to move with high lively springing steps
b. 
to ride a horse that moves in this way
4. (transitive)
to cause to prance
noun
5. 
the act or an instance of prancing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Prance

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verb intransitiveWord forms: pranced or ˈprancing
1. 
to rise up on the hind legs in a lively way, esp. while moving along
said of a horse
2. 
to ride on a prancing horse
3. 
to move about in a way suggestive of a prancing horse; caper
4. 
to move or go gaily or arrogantly; swagger; strut
verb transitive
5. 
to cause (a horse) to prance
noun
6. 
an act or instance of prancing
7. 
a prancing movement

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Prance

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v. pranced, pranc·ing, pranc·es
v.intr.
1.
a. To spring forward on the hind legs. Used of a horse.
b. To spring or bound forward in a manner reminiscent of a spirited horse.
2. To ride a horse moving in such a fashion.
3. To step in a lively and showy manner: He pranced around the apartment in his underwear.
v.tr.
To cause (a horse) to prance.
n.
The act or an instance of prancing.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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