prance

Noun

• a proud stiff pompous gait

Verb

• ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

• cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

• spring forward on the hind legs
  • The young horse was prancing in the meadow
    

• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
  • He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  strut , swagger , tittup , ruffle , sashay , cock