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pronked

pronked is the simple past and past participle of pronk.

Meaning of pronk

Verb

pronk (third-person singular simple present pronks, present participle pronking, simple past and past participle pronked)

  1. 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).1991, Richard Estes, The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 83
    Synonyms:
    stot, leap

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Questions about pronked

What is pronked the simple past and past participle of?
Pronked is the simple past and past participle of pronk.

Words near pronked in the dictionary

  1. proniosome
  2. proniosomes
  3. pronities
  4. pronity
  5. pronk
  6. pronked
  7. pronking
  8. pronks
  9. pronociception
  10. pronociceptive
  11. pronograde

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