to prance
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4.8
- verb
- /præns/
:
pavonearse
- As the parade began, the dancers began to prance joyfully, drawing everyone's attention.
- prance around
- prance around naked
- watch me prance
I love to dance and prance in my underpants.
- I love to dance and prance in my underpants.
- You know that the grandiose narcissist is the prancing, preening Peacock.
- I want to go back to sort of George Mendez prancing around a little studio in Paris.
- The people suffer again while they prance around and play party politics?
Examples
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You prance in there as if you owned the joint.
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But now they seemed to be regarded more as movie stars, and people pranced around them.
Fiction book (1994) -
how they just prance around like the world owns them
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So you actually thought you could just prance in here and, what... arrest me?
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Hunt and his father watched them prance up the line.
Fiction book (1999) -
You wait for others to take chances, then you prance around condemning them.
Fiction book (1990) -
The little girl, in a flowered dress with a white collar, pranced around them.
Fiction book (1994) -
Adolf is wagging his tail, prancing around in hopes of being allowed to go along.
Fiction book (1998) -
Soon Alegro recovered and pranced about, its small, finely shaped head held high and its glorious tail arched.
Fiction book (1995) -
Glancing at himself in the water, Coyote preened and pranced, posing this way and that to better admire his reflection.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
54
6.5
To act in a way that is not natural to impress others
47
3.9
To walk or behave to show off and attract attention
41
5.5
To walk proudly to attract attention
15
4.1
To move with high, lively steps in a playful way
9
5.6
To walk or behave in a confident way to impress others
6
7.4
To walk in a confident, smooth way to attract attention
4
7.3
To play and move in a loud, happy way
3
7.4
To walk or move in a sudden, showy way to show anger
1
7.5
Act in a flashy way to get attention
1
8.8
To do something showy to impress or excite people
1
8.0
To walk proudly to show off
1
7.5
To behave so others notice you in an embarrassing way
To walk in a lively, bouncing way to attract attention
Walk in a proud showy way to get attention
Act in a loud way to get attention and impress people
To act in a dramatic way to get attention
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prance probably comes from an old word that copied the quick, high steps of a proud horse, like a sound or movement people could see. So to prance is to walk or move in a lively, showy way to attract attention, like a proud little performance.