Usually means: Dancing or moving with lively steps.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word prancing:

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  1. prancing: Merriam-Webster
  2. prancing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prancing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Prancing, prancing: Wordnik
  5. prancing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. prancing: Wiktionary
  7. Prancing, prancing: Dictionary.com
  8. prancing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Prancing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Prancing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. prancing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. prancing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. prancing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (dated, now uncommon) that prances
▸ noun:  The act of one who prances.

Similar:
strut, sashay, ruffle, swagger, cock, flisky, saltant, trappy, salient, tripping, more...

Opposite:
trudging

Phrases:
Prancing Horse, prancing elegantly, more...

Adjectives:
much, little, proud, high, majesty, wild, chivalrous, nimble, nervous, foolish, elephantine



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Similar:
strut, sashay, ruffle, swagger, cock, flisky, saltant, trappy, salient, tripping, more...

Opposite:
trudging

Phrases:
Prancing Horse, prancing elegantly, more...

Adjectives:
much, little, proud, high, majesty, wild, chivalrous, nimble, nervous, foolish, elephantine



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