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- verb Present participle of
pronk .
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Examples
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Wildebeest dart away, springbok spot us and bound into the distance, memorable for their stiff-legged 'pronking'.
unknown title 2009
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A browsing giraffe, a soaring albatross, a diving swift, a swooping falcon, a leafy sea dragon invisible among the seaweed, a sprinting cheetah at full stretch after a swerving, pronking gazelle – the illusion of design makes so much intuitive sense that it becomes a positive effort to put critical thinking into gear and overcome the seductions of naïve intuition.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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A browsing giraffe, a soaring albatross, a diving swift, a swooping falcon, a leafy sea dragon invisible among the seaweed, a sprinting cheetah at full stretch after a swerving, pronking gazelle – the illusion of design makes so much intuitive sense that it becomes a positive effort to put critical thinking into gear and overcome the seductions of naïve intuition.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The dog lovers will appreciate the activities ( "substantial deduction for pronking" -- HAHAHA), and everyone else can just be enchanted by Major Baby Sheep Cuteness.
Lamb agility 2007
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The dog lovers will appreciate the activities ( "substantial deduction for pronking" -- HAHAHA), and everyone else can just be enchanted by Major Baby Sheep Cuteness.
March 2007 2007
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The warthogs are starting to make friends, the giraffes like me more, and the springbok pronk everyday pronking is when they bounce around as high as they can, it's awesome!
Animal Planet: The Purest Thing I Have Ever Experienced 2008
hernesheir commented on the word pronking
(n): a gait of quadrupedal mammals, gazelles in particular, consisting of repeated springs high into the air with all four feet off the ground, during play or pursuit by a predator.
cf. stotting
January 11, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pronking
Pronk was a word of the year. If I recall, jennarenn in particular fell in love with it. (But didn't we all?)
January 12, 2009
bilby commented on the word pronking
If I had a Dutch girlfriend, I'd probably be disappointed if her surname wasn't Pronk.
January 12, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pronking
Yes, pronk and stot. Such fun words. It was the first ever Wordie WOTY.
January 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pronking
Hasn't someone got a list for words that sound rude but aren't and isn't this a delightful candidate?
January 12, 2009
vanishedone commented on the word pronking
There are three or four such lists, actually. Which no doubt says something profound about human psychology...
January 12, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pronking
I have one of those lists--but it doesn't sound rude to me. Maybe because I'm thinking of all those lovely gazelles.
January 12, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pronking
Almost anything can sound rude, reesetee. Just put it in the following exchange:
"Do you like ____ (e.g. pronking)?"
"I don't know, you naughty boy, I've never ____ (pronked)."
Let's try it with another example.
"Do you like casu marzu?"
"I don't know, you naughty boy, I've never casu marzued."
January 12, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pronking
I wonder if a young male gazelle is a pricket? Because then you could have pronking prickets.
January 12, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pronking
*holds head in hands*
January 14, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pronking
"Do you like pricketing?"
"I don't know, you naughty boy...."
January 14, 2009