Definitions of prance [æns, prɑns]

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Definition of 'prance'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) prance
to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper.

2.  prance
to move or walk in a proud or insolent manner.

3.  prance
(esp. of a horse) to spring from the hind legs, or move by springing.

4.  prance
to ride on a horse doing this.

5. (v.t.) prance
to cause to prance.

6. (n.) prance
the act of prancing; a prancing movement.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME prauncen, praunsen (v.); akin to Dan (dial.) pransk (of a horse) spirited)

Definition of 'prance'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) strut, prance, swagger
a proud stiff pompous gait

2. (verb) tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
"He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

3. (verb) prance
spring forward on the hind legs
"The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

4. (verb) prance
cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

5. (verb) prance
ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

Definition of 'prance'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) prance
to spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle

2. (verb) prance
to ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner

3. (verb) prance
to walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade

Translation of 'prance'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (eg of horses) to dance or jump about.
Afrikaans: bokspring	Arabic: يَقْفِز الحِصان على قَدَم	Bulgarian: подскачам
Brazilian: pular	Czech: skákat, vzpínat se	German: sich aufbäumen
Danish: danse; stejle	Greek: χοροπηδώ, σηκώνομαι στα π	Spanish: hacer cabriolas; brincar
Estonian: kepslema	Farsi: خرامیدن	Finnish: hypähdellä
French: caracoler	Hebrew: לְקַפֵּץ, לְכַּרכֵּר	Hindi: कुदकते हुए चलना
Croatian: proskakivati	Hungarian: ágaskodik (ló)	Indonesian: melompat-lompat
Icelandic: prjóna, spranga, ærslast	Italian: impennarsi	Japanese: おどりはねる
Korean: 껑충거리다	Lithuanian: šok(inė)ti	Latvian: (par zirgu) dīžāties; (pa
Malay: menari-nari dan terlompat	Dutch: steigeren	Norwegian: hoppe, danse, steile
Polish: brykać	Persian: مانند اسپ خيز زدن، با دو	Pashto: په دوه پښو لكه آس ټوپ وهل
Portuguese: pular	Romanian: a cabra	Russian: гарцевать
Slovak: skákať, vzpínať sa	Slovenian: poplesavati	Serbian: propinjati se
Swedish: dansa på bakbenen, göra k	Thai: กระโดดโลดเต้น	Turkish: ön ayaklarını kaldırıp sı
Taiwanese: (馬)騰躍	Ukrainian: ставати дибки; гарцювати	Urdu: اچھلنا، کودنا
Vietnamese: nhảy dựng lên	Chinese: （马）腾跃
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