Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913 Prance /(prȧns)/ · IPA /pɹæn(t)s/ 01 v. i. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. imp. & p. p. Pranced; p. pr. & vb. n. Prancing 1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. “Now rule thy prancing steed.” — Gay. 2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious manner. “The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field.” — Addison. 3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade.