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prance
What does prance mean?
prance (verb): to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use prance in a sentence?
- The horse liked to prance during shows. (Tatoeba sentence #8977699 by mccarras, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce prance?
/pɹæns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prance come from?
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of prance?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “prance” mean?
to observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something
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to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
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to determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate
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to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage)
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Which word is closest in meaning to “prance”?
deposit
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swagger
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qualify
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warrant
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