The horse liked to prance during shows.
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Prance
//pɹæn(t)s//
Synonyms for "prance" (131 found)
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2 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتَنَاصَ verb (of a horse)
- نَاصَ verb (of a horse)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изправям се на задни крака verb (of a horse)
- ходя важно verb (to strut)
Catalan
3 entries- alzinar verb (of a horse)
- encabritar verb (of a horse)
- presumir verb (to strut)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 騰躍 /腾跃 verb (of a horse)
Danish
2 entries- spankulere verb (to strut)
- stejle verb (of a horse)
Dutch
2 entries- paraderen verb (to strut)
- steigeren verb (of a horse)
Esperanto
1 entries- pranci verb (of a horse)
French
2 entries- parader verb (to strut)
- se cabrer verb (of a horse)
Italian
2 entries- fare un'impennata verb (of a horse)
- impennare verb (of a horse)
Māori
1 entries- pīkarikari verb (to strut)
Norwegian
1 entries- sprade verb (to strut)
Occitan
4 entries- s'espompir verb (to strut)
- se cabrar verb (of a horse)
- se palaissar verb (to strut)
- se pavonar verb (to strut)
Portuguese
2 entries- empinar verb (of a horse)
- pavonear-se verb (to strut)
Russian
4 entries- ва́жничать verb (to strut)
- встава́ть на дыбы́ verb (of a horse)
- встать на дыбы́ verb (of a horse)
- гарцева́ть verb (to strut)
Spanish
4 entries- alardear verb (to strut)
- encabritarse verb (of a horse)
- escarcear verb (of a horse)
- pavonearse verb (to strut)
Turkish
3 entries- kasılmak verb (to strut)
- şaha kalkmak verb (of a horse)
- şahlanmak verb (of a horse)
Welsh
1 entries- prancio verb (of a horse)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Don't prance about. Sit down and pay attention.
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"Will you please not prance about, and instead take this more seriously?"
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John's daughter was prancing about the sitting room, practicing for her school dance.
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