to prance around

Examples

• All

• People held Katya and me and pranced around and chanted.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Adolf is wagging his tail, prancing around in hopes of being allowed to go along.

  Fiction book (1998)

• how they just prance around like the world owns them

  Bad Girls (2021)

• The dog pranced around, begging for a walk as soon as my friends left.

  Blog text (16)

• The little girl, in a flowered dress with a white collar, pranced around them.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Twenty girls in feather boas prancing around like circus ponies.

  King Kong (2005)

• And now he's got the nerve to prance around Moscow gloating, while that poor boy's family is left to bury him.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Some communities hold parades and street parties, where participants carry mock coffins and prance around in skeleton costumes.

  Blog text (7)

• In a bar in Marseilles, he prances around on all fours, barking furiously, eating and drinking until he can eat and drink no more.

  Academic text (1996)

• Matt and Fred are giggling and prancing around the room in bikinis, discharging the fire extinguishers at each other.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

D

to dance

vsto prance around

579 1.0

To move quickly and lightly from side to side or up and down

is about high springy steps rather than rhythmic music movement

S

to skip

vsto prance around

77 1.0

To move by light hops in a playful way

is about higher springy steps rather than light hops

C

to cavort

vsto prance around

12 7.7

To jump and move around in a playful, excited way

focuses on high springy steps rather than general jumping play

F

to frolic

vsto prance around

8 3.3

To play and move about happily

emphasizes high lively steps instead of general joyful play

R

to romp

vsto prance around

• Literature

8 2.8

To run and play in a lively, energetic way

is narrower, focusing on high, lively stepping rather than general play

S

to sashay

vsto prance around

6 7.4

To walk in a confident, smooth way to attract attention

is about higher springy steps rather than smooth gliding motion

R

to rollick

vsto prance around

4 7.3

To play and move in a loud, happy way

high showy steps are more precise than broad boisterous behavior

P

to prance

vsto prance around

4 5.0

To move with high bouncy steps like a horse

is about moving around with those high lively steps

F

to frisk

vsto prance around

3 4.4

To move in a happy, lively way, often by jumping or skipping

is more specifically high, spirited steps rather than general play

C

to caper

vsto prance around

3 5.1

To jump or skip around in a lively, playful way

stresses high showy stepping rather than simple leaping

G

to gambol

vsto prance around

• Literature

1 8.0

To run or jump playfully with a lot of energy

is more about springy high steps than general running play

B

to boogie on down

vsto prance around

• Informal

1 8.8

To dance in a lively way to music

is about high springy stepping rather than dance to music

W

to woogie

vsto prance around

• Informal

1 9.9

To dance in a joyful, energetic way

focuses on playful high steps rather than music-driven dancing

T

to tittup

vsto prance around

• Archaic

9.9

To walk in a lively, bouncing way to attract attention

is more about lively high steps than showing off

R

to ruffle

vsto prance around

8.3

Walk in a proud showy way to get attention

is more about moving energetically with high springy steps

Antonyms

S

to stand still

75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

How Energetic

to prance around

• Informal

15 4.1

to dance

579 1.0

to skip

77 1.0

walk around

14 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology