Prance
[prɑːns] or [præns]
Definition
(verb.) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.
(verb.) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward.
(verb.) spring forward on the hind legs; 'The young horse was prancing in the meadow'.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
(v. i.) To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner.
(v. i.) To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.
Checked by Eli
Definition
v.i. to strut about in a showy or warlike manner: to ride showily: to bound gaily as a horse.—adj. Pranc′ing riding showily: springing or bounding gaily.—n. the action of a horse in rearing bounding &c.—adv. Pranc′ingly.
Typist: Wolfgang
Examples
- Don't go prancing and capering about! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- One day, as he went prancing down a quiet street, he saw at the window of a ruinous castle the lovely face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A week afterwards, she came prancing towards her husband, and made him a low curtsey: 'I am right, and you are wrong, most noble Captain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- We see Jack Thriftless prancing in the park, or darting in his brougham down Pall Mall: we eat his dinners served on his miraculous plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And this young rocking-horse was being trained in her mother's art of prancing in a stately manner without ever getting on. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Gentlemen on splendid prancing horses came up and smiled and talked with her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sit down, you dancing, prancing, shambling, scrambling poll-parrot! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He pranced off to engage the lodgings with all the impetuosity of love. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And so, at last they came to the library, where she clapped her hands and pranced, as she always did when especially delighted. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Meg and Beth were frightened, but Jo clapped and pranced, and I sat on the fence and drew you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Checker: Melanie