as in to strut
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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There’s so much going on with Joel Schumacher’s version of Edward Nygma: prancing physicality, neon-red hair, a lime-green spandex suit that doesn’t hide very much.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Then there are the one-offs: a giraffe (£1,963), a prancing horse (£2,733), a fire-breathing dragon (£17, 325).
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
From there Gersten imagined Shelley, a woman who has been with the production Le Razzle Dazzle for upwards of 30 years, prancing onstage nightly in wings and rhinestones.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
That said, one of the biggest events to kick off the season is New York fashion week—giving everyone a reason to prance around the city in their finest fits.
—Samantha Mims, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Then there are the one-offs: a giraffe (£1,963), a prancing horse (£2,733), a fire-breathing dragon (£17, 325).
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
From there Gersten imagined Shelley, a woman who has been with the production Le Razzle Dazzle for upwards of 30 years, prancing onstage nightly in wings and rhinestones.
—Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
That said, one of the biggest events to kick off the season is New York fashion week—giving everyone a reason to prance around the city in their finest fits.
—Samantha Mims, Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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