pronk

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pronk

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From Afrikaans pronk (“to show off, strut, or prance”), from Dutch pronken (“to show off, be flamboyant”). See also prank.

verb pronks · pronking · pronked · prong

of a quadruped To jump with all four limbs at once. Like stotting, pronking is a signal of medium excitation and is performed more often by fawns than by adults (1, 16).
Similar: stot, leap

noun pronks · prong

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

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@misc{pronk_2026,
  title = {pronk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pronk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}