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Meaning of pronk in English:

pronk

Pronunciation /prɒŋk/

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verb

[no object]

  • (of a springbok or other antelope) leap in the air with an arched back and stiff legs, typically as a form of display or when threatened.

    • ‘grysbok were pronking over tall tufts of grass’

Origin

Late 19th century from Afrikaans, literally ‘show off’, from Dutch pronken ‘to strut’.