What is "pronk"

n. A gait or a leap in which all four legs are used to push off the ground at once. vb. (context of a quadruped English) To jump with all four limbs at once.

v. jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk"

Pronk is a Dutch surname, which means "flamboyance" in modern Dutch or "sullen" in Middle Dutch. It may refer to:

• Anton Pronk (born 1941), Dutch footballer
• Bert Pronk (1950–2005), Dutch cyclist
• Cornelis Pronk (1691–1759), Dutch artist
• Jan Pronk (born 1940), Dutch politician
• Jan Pronk (cyclist) (born 1918), Dutch cyclist
• Jos Pronk (born 1983), Dutch cyclist
• Judith Pronk (born 1973), Dutch musician
• Matthé Pronk (born 1974), Dutch cyclist
• Mattheus Pronk (1947–2001), Dutch cyclist
• Monique Pronk (born 1958), Dutch rower
• Rob Pronk (1928–2012), Dutch musician
• Rubinald Pronk (born 1979), Dutch ballet dancer
• Ryan Pronk (born 1986), American checkers player