as in to strut
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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Recent Examples of prance
The ad, part of the infamous Adrien Brody episode, stars Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph in pastel polos and boxy vests prancing around and pouring pretzels, donning knee-length shorts for a special date night.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
At Holt Kramer's home on an early December evening, Stormy, her rescue poodle, pranced down a spiral staircase into the living room.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Show tunes blast over the speaker as a puppet named Yellow Cat (who is, indeed, a yellow cat) prances and twirls across the floor.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Tails were wagging and paws were prancing at the Benton Franklin Humane Society as dogs experienced a special kind of Christmas magic - choosing their own favorite gifts!
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
At Holt Kramer's home on an early December evening, Stormy, her rescue poodle, pranced down a spiral staircase into the living room.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
Show tunes blast over the speaker as a puppet named Yellow Cat (who is, indeed, a yellow cat) prances and twirls across the floor.
—Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
Tails were wagging and paws were prancing at the Benton Franklin Humane Society as dogs experienced a special kind of Christmas magic - choosing their own favorite gifts!
—Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
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She was also captured dancing and strutting for the camera.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Ten-foot-tall elephant birds strutted across Madagascar until a thousand years ago.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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The result is a low-grade cultural fear, with people placing masking tape on device mics and TikTokers begging Siri to stop stalking them.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Hunger is so rife that famine is once again stalking Gaza, according to the World Food Program's Antoine Renard, who's just returned from there.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2025
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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