as in strutting
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume
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Recent Examples of prancing
At a preview, the free-spirited French designer, who spent years at The Row before joining Hermès in 2014, spoke about the wide range of her inspirations while prancing barefoot in a makeshift showroom at a film studio complex in Culver City.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 June 2026
Some don’t have any visible Ferrari branding at all – much as how, minus its prancing horses, the Luce doesn’t share much of its maker’s DNA.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 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
Photos shared by the agency show Buddy prancing away in the daylight, as well as Buddy seemingly caught like a deer in headlights at night.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Ferrari’s latest one-off is a tribute to one of the most legendary prancing horses of them all.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 June 2026
Some don’t have any visible Ferrari branding at all – much as how, minus its prancing horses, the Luce doesn’t share much of its maker’s DNA.
—Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Connecticut’s top Banana will be dancing and prancing from the ballpark to the ballroom.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 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
Photos shared by the agency show Buddy prancing away in the daylight, as well as Buddy seemingly caught like a deer in headlights at night.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Ferrari’s latest one-off is a tribute to one of the most legendary prancing horses of them all.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prancing
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The current high price of gasoline, thanks to the Iran entanglement, certainly won’t deter owners and collectors from strutting their stuff.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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Videos and images from the show depicted humanoid robots strutting down the catwalk, posing beside models, and performing synchronized choreography.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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The Ivy League computer science grad from Maryland is also facing stalking offenses in a federal case in Manhattan, playing out parallel to his prosecution and set to go on trial after.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Over the past two months, Paul has accused Mortensen in court of stalking and, on one occasion, slamming her head into the dashboard of his truck.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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Before Kaia Gerber and Olivia Rodrigo became inseparable from their Repetto ballet pumps, Gainsbourg was striding around in the brand’s lace-up Zizi style–now the shoe of choice for art school girls (and a certain Marc Jacobs).—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
4 June 2026
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At the French Open Tuesday, the four-time Grand Slam champion staged an outfit reveal once again, striding out for her first-round match against Germany’s Laura Siegemund wearing a black corset and matching pleated, cascading skirt that skimmed over the clay.—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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“Prancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prancing. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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