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▪ I. pronk, v. S. Afr.|prɒŋk|
[Afrikaans, to show off, strut, prance, ad. Du. pronken to strut.]
intr. Of springbok: to leap in the air, to buck, esp. as an alarm-signal. Hence ˈpronking vbl. n.
1896F. V. Kirby In Haunts of Wild Game ii. 49 He quickly settles down into a long ‘rocking-horse’ canter, or else goes ‘pronking’ away, as the Boers style it. 1915Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 703/1 When a whole troop of these antelopes are thus leaping..‘pronking’, or ‘pranking’, as the Boers call it. 1957R. Campbell Portugal v. 90 Both the mules..began to rise off the ground as if the earth were red-hot, like springboks ‘pronking’, with all four feet at once, arching their backs. 1966E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. 154 Every hunter in the past had his theory as to why springbuck pronk, just as every Karoo farmer has today. 1971Sunday Mail Family Section (Brisbane) 10 June 6 The beautiful springbok..gives a spectacular alarm signal... It springs into the air, back arched, displaying a crest of pure white hairs. This is called ‘pronking’.
▪ II. pronk, n. slang.|prɒnk|
[Origin uncertain: cf. Du. pronker fop.]
A weak or effeminate person, a softie; a crank, fool, mug.
1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 25 Here the pronk half rose in his ballet tights and saluted. Ibid. 33 No one is going to..try to blackmail me with that crazy old mixture of threats and congratulations that a pronk like you falls for. 1972L. Henderson Cage until Tame iv. 28 Whoever this pronk Durant was he had a lot to learn. 1976― Major Enquiry xv. 102 This pronk reckons he can..point out the right one [sc. car] with a hazel twig. |