prance

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" [syn: {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
    

Prance \Prance\ (pr[.a]ns), 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.
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            Now rule thy prancing steed.          --Gay.
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   2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious
      manner.
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            The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field.
                                                  --Addison.
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   3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with
      warlike parade. --Swift.
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119 Moby Thesaurus words for "prance":
      amble, barge, bob, bounce, bound, bowl along, bundle, canter,
      caper, capriole, caracole, cavort, clog, clump, curvet, cut a dido,
      cut capers, dance, dido, drag, droop, falcade, flounce, foot,
      footslog, fox-trot, frisk, gait, gallop, gambade, gambado, gambol,
      go on horseback, hack, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof, hop,
      jog, jolt, jump, jump about, leap, limp, lock step, lope, lumber,
      lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mount, pace, paddle, peacock,
      peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, rack, ramp, ride bareback, ride hard,
      roll, romp, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake,
      shamble, shimmy, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither,
      slog, slouch, slowness, spring, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp,
      straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump,
      swagger, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swing, take horse, tap-dance,
      tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge,
      velocity, waddle, walk, waltz, wamble, wiggle, wobble