prance

Everyday

To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person. tree →

In the lessons

in tales of horses, soldiers and knights moving in a proud or showy way.

Examples

• He pranced around, holding his head high. tree →
• The horses pranced along in armour. tree →
• The peacock came prancing across the lawn. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

In Jewish tradition

To prance means to leap about proudly like a horse. The prophets use it for enemy horses and war chariots racing into battle.

Interpretation. Tradition reads these scenes as warnings that mighty armies, like Assyria's and Egypt's, cannot stand against God's plan.

Examples

• Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; and prancing horses, and bounding chariots; (Prophets NAM.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. (Prophets JER.46.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths.