pranced

verb

past tense of prance
as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements pranced across the room dressed in an outrageous costume

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Recent Examples of pranced As Darrell Royal, the old football coach at Texas once said … one of his players pranced into the end zone and started beating on his own chest. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026 Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring. — Ross Mantle, New York Times, 21 May 2026 Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples. — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 And the preacher pranced around the stage. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Enjoying one of these moments free from scrutiny, the five-foot-five, stocky Smalls playfully picked up the captain’s distinctive floppy hat and pranced around the ship, imitating his mannerisms. — Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 The zebras pranced, all frisky energy; the elephants, lumbering and mournful, trailed behind with their ancient thoughts. — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025 Colette pranced by, her curls dangling in a ponytail. — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pranced
  1. strutted
  2. strode
  3. stalked
  4. swaggered
Verb
  • The song ended with Gigi Hadid emerging on stage and having a sweet moment with McRae, who strutted side-by-side with the veteran VS Angel for a few beats before falling back and finishing out the track.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Number 87 strutted into Arrowhead Stadium after the NFL bye week wearing a cable knit, wool-blend letterman cardigan ($249) from the line.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of strutted
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  • But then James Bond strode into the pages of popular culture, dapper and deft.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As the book shows, into that incredibly fertile downtown atmosphere strode an artist determined to become himself.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of strode
Verb
  • The first episode started with poor Struan Loy getting stalked and later torched alive by a pair of Russian assassins as relentless and seemingly unkillable as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalked
Verb
  • Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of swaggered

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“Pranced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pranced. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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