strut, prance, swagger -- (a proud stiff pompous gait)
Overview of verb prance
The verb prance has 4 senses
tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock -- (to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house")
prance -- (spring forward on the hind legs; "The young horse was prancing in the meadow")
prance -- (cause (a horse) to bound spring forward)
prance -- (ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward)