prance

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a proud stiff pompous gait
• Syn:
strut, swagger
• Derivationally related forms:
swagger (for: swagger), strut (for: strut)
• Hypernyms:
gait

II - verb

1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others (Freq. 2)
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
• Syn:
tittup, swagger, ruffle, strut, sashay, cock
• Derivationally related forms:
strut (for: strut), prancer, swagger (for: swagger), swaggerer (for: swagger)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children prance to the playground
2. spring forward on the hind legs
- The young horse was prancing in the meadow
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
• Topics:
riding, horseback riding, equitation
• Hypernyms:
ride, sit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
• Topics:
riding, horseback riding, equitation
• Hypernyms:
ride horseback
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  strut, swagger, tittup, ruffle, sashay, cock