Associations to the word «Prancing»
Wiktionary
PRANCE, noun. (uncommon) The act of prancing.
PRANCE, verb. (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
PRANCE, verb. (colloquial) (figuratively) To strut about.
Dictionary definition
PRANCE, noun. A proud stiff pompous gait.
PRANCE, verb. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house".
PRANCE, verb. Spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow".
PRANCE, verb. Cause (a horse) to bound spring forward.
PRANCE, verb. Ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.