prance
/ˈpɹɐːns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "John's daughter was prancing about the sitting room, practicing for her school dance."
- "“So, so beautiful. I'm gonna do one last roly-poly before we go. [snorting, squealing] At least I had one moment of joy in a life of drudgery. Where will the truffle hunt take us next?” “Nowhere. You're free, Jambone. I'm releasing you from nose jail.” “Really? I can stay here in this paradise and prance and frolic?” “Just stick to frolicking.” “[emotional] Thank you, Mr. Bender. You're the kindest person I've ever met.” “Really? [crying] That's horrible.”"
- "There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,"
Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance”, literally “to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”), thus probably from the same ultimate root as prank. Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prancen, pranken
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹɐːns/
- British English: /ˈpɹɑːns/