| Main Entry: | prance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort; show off |
Synonyms: |
bound, caper, dance, flounce, foot it, frisk, gambol, hoof it, jump, leap, mince, parade, romp, sashay, skip, spring, stalk, step, strut, swagger, sweep, tread |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
Synonyms: |
bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault |
| Main Entry: | buck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, kick off |
Synonyms: |
bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, fight, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand |
| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving feet and body to music |
Synonyms: |
Charleston, bob, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter, jitterbug, jive, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl |
| Main Entry: | flounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce; intermittently move |
Synonyms: |
fling, jerk, mince, nancy, prance, sashay, spring, stamp, storm, strut, swish, throw, toss |
| Main Entry: | frisk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort |
Synonyms: |
bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip |
| Main Entry: | frolic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have fun, make merry |
Synonyms: |
caper, carouse, cavort, cut capers, cut loose, fool around, frisk, gambol, go on a tear, kick up one's heels, lark, let go, let loose, play, prance, raise hell, revel, riot, rollick, romp, sport, spree, whoop it up |
| Main Entry: | gambol |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tumble playfully |
Synonyms: |
bound, caper, carry on, cavort, cut, cut a caper, cut loose, fool around, frisk, frolic, hop, horse around, jump, kibitz around, kick up one's heels, lark, leap, play, prance, revel, roister, rollick, romp, skip, sport, spring, whoop it up |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
| Main Entry: | grandstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show off |
Synonyms: |
be ostentatious, be vain, flaunt it, hot dog, parade, play to the crowd, prance, put on airs, showboat, strut, swagger |
| Main Entry: | mince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pose, put on airs |
Synonyms: |
attitudinize, flounce, posture, prance, sashay, strut |