Antonyms for prance

Grammar : Verb

Spell : prans, prahns

Phonetic Transcription : præns, prɑns

face

Definition of prance

Origin : late 14c., originally of horses, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English pranken "to show off," from Middle Dutch pronken "to strut, parade" (see prank); or perhaps from Danish dialectal prandse "to go in a stately manner." Klein suggests Old French paravancier. Related: Pranced; prancing. As a noun from 1751, from the verb.

verb cavort; show off

Example sentences :

He gives it out that he's goin' to prance over to Red Dog an' lay for the Bug.
Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis

If the beggar comes in suddenly, and starts to prance, I'll rip him up and be done with it!
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

The thought that the beggar had started to prance darted through his mind.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

His spirit seemed to prance with joy like the horse beneath him.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

No sooner had Prance confessed than he withdrew his confession.
Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

The air was full of the whirl of limbs, the prance of hoofs, and snorts of alarm.
Extract from : « Tales of Space and Time » by Herbert George Wells

He was so vexed he could do nothing but prance up and down the hall.
Extract from : « Five Little Peppers at School » by Margaret Sidney

At one period to ramp and to prance seem to have been synonymous.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, No. 181, April 16, 1853 » by Various

In spite of the efforts of the countryman the horse continued to rear and prance.
Extract from : « The Motor Boys » by Clarence Young

And do you propose to prance out there and let 252 them shoot you up, too?
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish

Synonyms for prance

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