'Prance' definitions:
Definition of 'prance'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
verb
Spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
verb
Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
verb
Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
Definition of 'Prance'
From: GCIDE
- Prance \Prance\ (pr[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Prancing.] [OE. prauncen; probably akin to prank, v. t. See Prank.]
- 1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. [1913 Webster]
- Now rule thy prancing steed. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner. [1913 Webster]
- The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amble,
- barge,
- bob,
- bounce,
- bound,
- bowl along,
- bundle,
- canter,
- caper,
- capriole,
- caracole,
- cavort,
- clog,
- clump,
- curvet,
- cut a dido,
- cut capers,
- dance,
- dido,
- drag,
- droop,
- falcade,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footslog,
- fox-trot,
- frisk,
- gait,
- gallop,
- gambade,
- gambado,
- gambol,
- go on horseback,
- hack,
- halt,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hoof,
- hop,
- jog,
- jolt,
- jump,
- jump about,
- leap,
- limp,
- lock step,
- lope,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- mince,
- mincing steps,
- mount,
- pace,
- paddle,
- peacock,
- peg,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- rack,
- ramp,
- ride bareback,
- ride hard,
- roll,
- romp,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shake,
- shamble,
- shimmy,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- spring,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swank,
- swash,
- swashbuckle,
- swing,
- take horse,
- tap-dance,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- traipse,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- velocity,
- waddle,
- walk,
- waltz,
- wamble,
- wiggle,
- wobble