prance, praunce, praunse

i. [A variant of prank (q. v.).] 1. Το spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. "On prancing steeds they forward pre ed." Scott: Marmion, iv. 6. 2. To ride in a warlike or showy manner; to ride ostentatiously. "Some who on battle charger prance ." Byron: Giaour. 3. To walk or strut about in a pompous or ostentatious manner. prançe, s. [PRANCE, v.] A bounding or springing, as of a horse.