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Meanings of prance in English

Catalan
saltar

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.

saltar

A proud stiff pompous gait.

Usage of prance in English
1
His spirit seemed to prance with joy like the horse beneath him.
The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
2
Sure, I thought he'd yell an' prance round like a drunken fool.
The Rustlers of Pecos County
3
He came in pertly, prance-footed, black and curly as a storm cloud.
The corfu trilogy
4
He'd rather be staked than mince and prance around like a jackass.
Darkness unleashed
5
Next time he won't prance up and hand me no damn ribbon.
A clash of kings
6
On entering Yonville she made her horse prance in the road.
Madame Bovary
7
It isn't true! cried Mollie, beginning to prance about and paw the ground.
Animal Farm
8
The thought that the beggar had started to prance darted through his mind.
Victory: An Island Tale
9
Another ball struck his horse, causing it to prance with pain and terror.
Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
10
They liked to prance, and bow their necks and dance to the carriage.
Laddie: A True Blue Story
11
I get to prance around Baku, and all the different Stans.
The new yorker
12
The actors throw up their hands; they prance back and let him fall.
Wolf hall
13
One may toss one's head; aye, prance a bit on a nipping morning.
Horses Nine / Stories of Harness and Saddle
14
Blackie began to prance, but, though he threatened to buck, he did not.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert
15
Think of their faces when I prance in and say I am married!
The Man and the Moment
16
The horses plunge and prance with fear, and my companion falls in spasmodic convulsions.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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