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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Recent Examples of prance
This should bode well for Ballerina prancing past $30M. Men showed up to the guns-blazing ballet Thursday night at 61%.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Alonso was Ferrari’s properly prancing horse back then.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 21 May 2025
As Harley pranced with the puck at the Avs’ blue line on a Dallas power play, O’Connor saw a window.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
By her own admission, Cheyenne would rather be out saving the whales than prancing across a stage.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Alonso was Ferrari’s properly prancing horse back then.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 21 May 2025
As Harley pranced with the puck at the Avs’ blue line on a Dallas power play, O’Connor saw a window.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2025
By her own admission, Cheyenne would rather be out saving the whales than prancing across a stage.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
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Having only raced four times in her career, this Brad Cox trainee strutted her stuff on August 28 in an allowance race on opening day at this Franklin, Kentucky track.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Then, Countess Luann posted a video of her, Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Sun Bum Face Stick Morgans, strutting their stuff together in the Hamptons.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Corr was charged with two counts of stalking in relation to victims in Pike County, and his bond was set at $11,000, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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