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prance

noun verb

a proud stiff pompous gait

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
P
Ends with
E
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

pɹæn(t)s

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Definitions

noun

  1. a proud stiff pompous gait

verb

  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”

verb

  1. ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

verb

  1. cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

verb

  1. spring forward on the hind legs

    “The young horse was prancing in the meadow”

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Example Sentences

He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
The young horse was prancing in the meadow

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