1. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
   "He prances around like a rooster in a hen house";
   - tittup [archaic], swagger, ruffle, strut, sashay [N. Amer], cock
    
2. Spring forward on the hind legs
   "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"
    
3. (riding) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
   "The trainer pranced the horse to show its gait"
    
4. (riding) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
   "The equestrian pranced her horse around the arena"

1. A proud stiff pompous gait
   "The show horse performed a perfect prance around the ring";
   - strut, swagger

Derived forms: prances, prancing, pranced

Type of: gait, go, locomote, move, ride, ride horseback, sit, travel, walk

Encyclopedia: Prance