Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - prance
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Prance
prance
I. verb (~d; prancing) Etymology: Middle English prauncen Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing 2. to ride on a prancing horse 3. to walk or move in a spirited manner ; strut; also to dance about transitive verb to cause (a horse) to ~ • ~r noun II. noun Date: 1751 an act or instance of prancing; specifically a prancing movement
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (of a horse) raise the forelegs and spring from the hind legs. 2 (often foll. by about) walk or behave in an elated or arrogant manner. --n. 1 the act of prancing. 2 a prancing movement. Derivatives prancer n. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. скачок 2. курбет 3. важная, горделивая походка; надменная манера (держаться) 4. становиться на дыбы; делать курбет 5. поднять лошадь на дыбы 6. гарцевать 7. ходить с важным, надменным видом; ходить гоголем; важничать; задаваться 8. разг. танцевать, скакать, выделывать ногами кренделя; резвиться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
1. noun 1) скачок 2) гордая походка 3) надменная манера (держаться) 2. v. 1) становиться на дыбы, Young horses were prancing about in the field. 2) гарцевать; 3) ходить гоголем, важничать, задаваться 4) coll. танцевать; прыгать, скакать; резвиться; Will you stop prancing about and get back into bed! ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(prances, prancing, pranced) 1. If someone prances around, they walk or move around with exaggerated movements, usually because they want people to look at them and admire them. He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights. VERB: V adv/prep c darkgreen]disapproval 2. When a horse prances, it moves with quick, high steps. Their horses pranced and whinnied. ...as the carriage horses pranced through the bustling thoroughfares. ...a prancing light-footed mare named Princess. VERB: V, V prep/adv, V-ing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 always + adv/prep to walk moving your body in a confident way in order to make people notice and admire you +around/in/up (Leo's always prancing around as if he owns the place.) 2 if a horse prances, it moves with high steps ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., perhaps related to M.E. pranken "to show off," from M.Du. pronken "to strut, parade." Or perhaps from Dan. dialectal prandse "to go in a stately manner." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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