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Pronk

A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.

📖 Definitions of "Pronk"

noun

1
A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once.

verb

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Word	Definition
bronknoun	A surname.
brunknoun	A surname.
stotnoun	(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound.
prancenoun	A prancing movement.
amblenoun	An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
pouncenoun	A sudden leaping attack.
praunceverb	Archaic form of prance. [(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.]
jump aboutverb	To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly, usually as a result of being nervous.
capriolenoun	A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
spruntnoun	A steep road, hill, or incline.
spraddlenoun	A manner of walking with the legs spread out.
galumphnoun	(intransitive) To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
rejumpverb	To jump again.
capernoun	A prank or practical joke.
puddle-jumpnoun	A short airplane flight
jump upverb	To move from one position to a higher position by one jump.
jump aroundverb	To move from side to side, or fidget e.g. with nervousness.
pecknoun	An act of striking with a beak.
pogonoun	A dance associated with the 1970s punk rock movement in which participants jump up and down on the spot in the manner of someone riding a pogo stick.
octopusnoun	(countable, loosely) Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.