What does "prance" mean?
Prance: To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner. The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field. Addison.
Additional senses
- 2.To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade. Swift.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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