to prance
4
5.0
- verb
- /præns/
:
pavonearse
- With excitement, the young girl watched the pony prance around the ring during the competition.
- pranced with a horse
- pranced with a colt
- pranced across the stage
Like I think this whole thing looks very like prancing through the vineyards in France in late summer.
- Like I think this whole thing looks very like prancing through the vineyards in France in late summer.
Examples
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Its eyes rolled, and it pranced nervously as attendants fought to keep it under control.
Fiction book (1990) -
Still, they were worried about their son, for one warrior kept prancing his horse near Tom as though to challenge him.
Fiction book (1992) -
I can make him prance.
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A woman in a Big Bird costume pranced out onto the stage to provide everyone with a special funny surprise.
Blog text (2) -
Two men led a prancing beast by a pair of lines attached somehow to its mouth.
Fiction book (1990) -
And there, prancing and pawing the spongy ground
Fiction book (1999) -
Moxica, astride a magnificent black horse, prances back and forth across the sand.
Fiction book (1992) -
One horse is walking, and the white one is prancing and shying in an unruly manner while her rider fights desperately for control.
Fiction book (1993) -
The young stallion reared and neighed, then pranced and pivoted in erratic circles.
Fiction book (1990) -
The horse began to prance happily as it approached its owner in the field.
Synonyms
15
4.1
To move with high, lively steps in a playful way
1
9.9
To leap or prance so a horse's back legs leave the ground before its front legs land
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Etymology
Prance likely began as a word that imitated a horse's bright, springy steps, the kind of movement a young horse does when it is full of energy. So when a horse or rider prances, they move with high, lively steps that show spirit and confidence.