pranced; prancing
1
: to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
2
: to ride on a prancing horse
3
: to walk or move in a spirited manner : strut
also
: to dance about
: to cause (a horse) to prance
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Verb
The singer pranced around on stage.
The little boy pranced across the room in his cowboy costume.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Brown broke free one play later and pranced into the end zone for a 31-yard rushing score.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2024
Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
On tours at Farm Sanctuary, guides introduce visitors to goats who make family groups; cows who, when no longer confined to dairy barns, prance and play and take care of their young; and pigs who, given the space, build themselves nests in a barn but go outside to relieve themselves.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Her hope is that the Lions will let her tag along for a bit in a floppy throwback outfit, a living, prancing contrast to the mostly mediocre old days before the team was 12-1 and finding ways to win instead of inventing ways to lose.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Brown broke free one play later and pranced into the end zone for a 31-yard rushing score.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
Now pundits delight in the prance to the race,
As Philly inches closer to America's big birthday.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
On tours at Farm Sanctuary, guides introduce visitors to goats who make family groups; cows who, when no longer confined to dairy barns, prance and play and take care of their young; and pigs who, given the space, build themselves nests in a barn but go outside to relieve themselves.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prance. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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