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1. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
   "He prances around like a rooster in a hen house";
   - tittup, swagger, ruffle, strut, sashay [N. Amer], cock
    
2. Spring forward on the hind legs
   "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
    
3. (riding) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
    
4. (riding) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

1. A proud stiff pompous gait
   - strut, swagger

Derived forms: pranced, prances, prancing

Type of: gait, go, locomote, move, ride, ride horseback, sit, travel, walk

Encyclopedia: Prance