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Definition of Prance
1. Noun. A proud stiff pompous gait.
2. Verb. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. "The children prance to the playground"; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Prancer, Strut, Swagger, Swaggerer
3. Verb. Spring forward on the hind legs. "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
4. Verb. Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward.
Generic synonyms: Ride, Sit
5. Verb. Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.
Generic synonyms: Ride Horseback
Definition of Prance
1. v. i. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
Definition of Prance
1. Noun. (uncommon) The act of prancing. ¹
2. Verb. (context: of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs. ¹
3. Verb. (colloquial figuratively) To strut about. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prance
1. to spring forward on the hind legs [v PRANCED, PRANCING, PRANCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prance
Literary usage of Prance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Come on, Mr. prance. What can you say to Mr. Fenwick or any of i the ethers ?
prance. Mr. Harcourt, I made him an image of our Lady about a year ago, ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1898)
"In consideration of the sum of £6000 therein expressed to be lent and advanced
to the said Courtenay Connell prance and Frederick Pace Webb, out of moneys ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
""WHAT'S THE NEXT FASHION?" " Varium et mutabile semper Foe mina." Madame prance.
... prance ..."
4. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1832)
"... prance that the United States should remain in their present state, because
if they should acquire the consistence of which they are susceptible, ..."
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