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
In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Rafters-packed on the opening night of a quick week run of singing, joking and prancing through Segerstrom Hall, this show is a potent, cheery stepchild of half-century old Monty Python humor.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Rafters-packed on the opening night of a quick week run of singing, joking and prancing through Segerstrom Hall, this show is a potent, cheery stepchild of half-century old Monty Python humor.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prance
Verb
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Wasn’t there anyone in a position to at least stop him from strutting into a high-profile race for governor?—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after his victorious sit-in with Teddy Swims on Coachella’s main stage, David Lee Roth strutted into the media tent.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
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He’s reportedly charged with stalking or intimidation with intent to cause physical harm in South Wales.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
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He was arraigned and charged with third-degree home invasion, stalking and entering without permission, which were dismissed as part of the plea deal.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Prance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prance. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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