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Synonyms for prance

Grammar : Verb
Spell : prans, prahns
Phonetic Transcription : præns, prɑns

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Définition 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

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