PRANCE, PRANCING
ADJECTIVES
1895 ► bouncing, cantering, prancing→ TITTUPING
1911 ► lively, gay; showy, ostentatious; prancing → BRANKIN → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1911 ► a prance; a toss of the head, a caper → BRANK → Sc. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1905 ► prancing about → ASPLINING AND BREVETTING → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1657 ► to romp, to frolic, to prance → RAMP → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1785 ► to walk in an affected manner; to mince or prance in one’s gait → TITTUP
1808 ► to strut around on one’s dignity; to prance with rage or irritation; to assume a stiff, offended demeanour → PAUCE → Sc.
1825 ► to prance, to pace about waiting for one’s chance to hover around with some design in mind → PAUGE → Sc. obs.
1827 ► to prance, to strut, to march jauntily → GAMBADE → Sc. obs.
1829 ► to prance, to caper → GAMBADO
1911 ► to toss the head; to prance → BRANK → Sc. (Bk.)
1966 ► to putter around; to dally; to strut, to prance, to swagger → JIG AROUND → Amer. dial.
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