"prance" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A proud stiff pompous gait (synset 100290969)
is a type of: gait - a person's manner of walking

same as: strut, swagger

Verb

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others (synset 201920627)
"He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

is a type of: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

same as: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup
Spring forward on the hind legs (synset 201963040)
"The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

verb group: prance - cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward (synset 201962881)
referred to in:
- horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback
- equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
is a type of: ride, sit - sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

verb group: prance - spring forward on the hind legs
Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward (synset 201962727)
referred to in:
- horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback
- equitation, horseback riding, riding - the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
is a type of: ride horseback - ride on horseback