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English Dictionary: prance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prance
n
  1. a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: strut, prance, swagger]
v
  1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
    Synonym(s): tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock
  2. spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
  3. cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
  4. ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prance \Prance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pranced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Prancing}.] [OE. prauncen; probably akin to prank, v. t. See
      Prank.]
      1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
  
                     Now rule thy prancing steed.               --Gay.
  
      2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious
            manner.
  
                     The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with
            warlike parade. --Swift.
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