prancing

The act of one who prances.

Adjective

  1. That prances.
    • when great Aunt Ryder was exhausted with carrying her little nephews pick-a-back, Aunt Ellen was always willing to become a 'gee-gee' or riding-horse in her place, although certainly one of no very prancing and fiery...
    • But what was the good of saying that to him when he was on his high horse — a very prancing steed? - 1920, Anthony Hope, Lucinda, page 273:
    • he jammed his second-best sword into the empty scabbard; he ordered out his wildest, tallest, most prancing and dancing parade horse - 1974, Max Brand, South of Rio Grande, page 316:

Forms

more prancing most prancing

Derived

prancingly

Noun

  1. The act of one who prances.
    • Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. - 1917, Bible (Jewish Publication Society of America Version), Judges 5:22

Forms

prancings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of prance