prancing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of prance

adj

1. (dated, uncommon)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 temperament.”

   “But what was the good of saying that to him when he was on his high horse — a very prancing steed?”

   “he jammed his second-best sword into the empty scabbard; he ordered out his wildest, tallest, most prancing and dancing parade horse”

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.”