prance

1. 1.

   a proud stiff pompous gait

   Synonymsstrutswagger

   Broadergait

Other forms of prance

plural

prances·

past tense

pranced·

present participle

prancing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prance

What does prance mean?

prance means "to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prance?

prance has 1 syllable: prance. In IPA it is /ˈpɹæns/.

What is another word for prance?

Close synonyms include tittup, swagger, ruffle, strut, sashay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prance a common word?

prance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.