Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pronk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: pronk
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To jump with all four limbs at once.

noun

A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.

Example Sentences

"Like stotting, pronking is a signal of medium excitation and is performed more often by fawns than by adults (1, 16)."
"Why do Springbok pronk? Pronking is the jumping up in the air they are famous for. Various theories exist, equating pronking to fitness displays. Most of the pronking is done by young animals and […]"

Etymology

From Afrikaans pronk (“to show off, strut, or prance”), from Dutch pronken (“to show off, be flamboyant”). See also prank.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: pronk, pronken

Inflected Forms

pronks (present, singular) pronking (participle, present) pronked (participle, past) pronked (past) prong (alternative) pronks (plural)

Synonyms

stot leap

Questions

What does pronk mean?: To jump with all four limbs at once.
Where does pronk come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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