prance
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Statue of a prancing horse,
La Clayette (Saône-et-Loire), France
English
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La Clayette (Saône-et-Loire), France
Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹæn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -æns
Audio (US): (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɑːn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -ɑːns
Verb
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
- (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
- (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
- John's daughter was prancing about the sitting room, practicing for her school dance.
Derived terms
Translations
of a horse
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to strut
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Noun
prance (plural prances)
- A prancing movement.
- 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow:
- There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,