pronk

Meanings

Verb

• To jump with all four limbs at once.
• The "pronk" is a mythical, magical being with deer-like features and spring-like limbs. The magic pony likes to leap around the African savannah and bask in the scortching sun.

Noun

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

Origin

• From Afrikaans pronk ("to show off, strut, or prance"), from Dutch pronken, from Middle Dutch proncken ("to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire"). See also prank.