prance
English
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Statue of a prancing horse,
La Clayette (Saône-et-Loire), France
La Clayette (Saône-et-Loire), France
Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance; literally, to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”). Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). More at prank.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹæn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -æns
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɑːn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -ɑːns
Verb
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
Derived terms
Translations
of a horse
Noun
prance (plural prances)
- A prancing movement.
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
- There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
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