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Synonyms of the word 
PRANCE → COCK - GAIT - GO - LOCOMOTE - MOVE - RIDE - RUFFLE - SASHAY - SIT - STRUT - SWAGGER - TITTUP - TRAVEL - WALKprance- n. (uncommon) The act of prancing.
- v. (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
- v. (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about.
cock- n. A male bird, especially.
- n. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- n. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- n. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
- n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- n. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
- n. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- n. (Britain, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
- n. (informal, Britain, Tasmania) Term of address.
- n. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
- n. (informal) shuttlecock.
- n. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- n. (dated, humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.
- n. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- n. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- n. The indicator of a balance.
- n. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to…
- v. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- v. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
- v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
- v. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- v. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision…
- v. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children).
- interj. (slang) Expression of annoyance.
- n. (dated in the Southern US, still sometimes found in African American Vernacular) Vulva, vagina.
- n. A small conical pile of hay.
- v. (transitive) To form into piles.
- n. Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
- p.n. (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
gait- n. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- n. (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
- v. To teach a specific gait to a horse.
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
ride- v. (intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle…
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger.
- v. (transitive, chiefly US and South Africa) To transport (someone) in a vehicle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a ship: to sail, to float on the water.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To be carried or supported by something lightly and quickly; to travel in such…
- v. (intransitive) To support a rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle.
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To nag or criticize; to annoy (someone).
- v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to gradually move (up) and crease; to ruckle.
- v. (intransitive) To rely, depend (on).
- v. (intransitive) Of clothing: to rest (in a given way on a part of the body).
- v. (lacrosse) To play defense on the defensemen or midfielders, as an attackman.
- v. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
- v. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
- v. (surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.
- n. An instance of riding.
- n. (informal) A vehicle.
- n. An amusement ridden at a fair or amusement park.
- n. A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.
- n. (Britain) A road or avenue cut in a wood, for riding; a bridleway or other wide country path.
- n. (Britain, dialect, archaic) A saddle horse.
- n. (Ireland) A person (or sometimes a thing or a place) that is visually attractive.
ruffle- n. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- n. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- n. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- n. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine…
- v. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- v. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- v. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- v. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- v. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- v. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- v. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- v. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- v. To throw together in a disorderly manner.
sashay- n. A chassé.
- n. A sequence of sideways steps in a circle in square dancing.
- v. (intransitive) To walk casually or showily; to strut, swagger or flounce.
- v. (intransitive) To chassé when dancing.
- v. (intransitive) To move sideways.
sit- v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the…
- v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
- v. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- v. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- v. (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- v. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- v. To be adjusted; to fit.
- v. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- v. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- v. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit.
- v. (transitive, US) To babysit.
- v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- v. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
- v. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture…
- v. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- n. (rare, Buddhism) an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
strut- v. (intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.
- v. (intransitive, originally said of fowl) To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- v. (intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.
- v. (transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.
- n. A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.
- adj. (archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.
- n. A support rod.
- v. (transitive, construction) To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an…
swagger- v. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
- v. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
- n. Confidence, pride.
- n. A bold or arrogant strut.
- n. A prideful boasting or bragging.
- n. (Australia, historical) Synonym of swagman.
tittup- n. A caper, or canter.
- v. (intransitive) To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
walk- v. (intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, law) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) Of an object, to go missing or be stolen.
- v. (intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To walk off the field, as if given out, after the fielding side…
- v. (transitive) To travel (a distance) by walking.
- v. (transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To allow a batter to reach base by pitching four balls.
- v. (transitive) To move something by shifting between two positions, as if it were walking.
- v. (transitive) To full; to beat cloth to give it the consistency of felt.
- v. (transitive) To traverse by walking (or analogous gradual movement).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave, resign.
- v. (transitive) To push (a vehicle) alongside oneself as one walks.
- v. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself.
- v. To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet,…
- v. (obsolete) To be in motion; to act; to move.
- v. (transitive, historical) To put, keep, or train (a puppy) in a walk, or training area for dogfighting.
- v. (transitive, informal, hotel) To move a guest to another hotel if their confirmed reservation is not available…
- n. A trip made by walking.
- n. A distance walked.
- n. (sports) An Olympic Games track event requiring that the heel of the leading foot touch the ground before…
- n. A manner of walking; a person's style of walking.
- n. A path, sidewalk/pavement or other maintained place on which to walk. Compare trail.
- n. (poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling…
- n. (baseball) An award of first base to a batter following four balls being thrown by the pitcher; known…
- n. In coffee, coconut, and other plantations, the space between them.
- n. (historical) A place for keeping and training puppies for dogfighting.
- n. (historical) An enclosed area in which a gamecock is confined to prepare him for fighting.
- n. (graph theory) A sequence of alternating vertices and edges, where each edge's endpoints are the preceding…
- n. (colloquial) Something very easily accomplished; a walk in the park.
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