ponce about/around
(LIKE A WOMAN) UK informal disapproving — phrasal verb with ponce /pɒns/
/pɑːns/ verb Definition
› If a man ponces about/around, he behaves or dresses more like a woman than like a man: He was poncing around in a pair of fluffy slippers/yellow silk dressing gown.Affected and insincere
(Definition of ponce about/around (LIKE A WOMAN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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ponce about/around phrasal verb (NOT HELPFUL)
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ponce noun (CRIMINAL)
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ponce noun (MAN)
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Synonyms and related words:
- affectation noun
- affected adjective
- artificial adjective
- arty-farty adjective
- campy adjective
- cheesy adjective (BAD STYLE)
- fey adjective
- forced adjective
- glib adjective
- histrionic adjective
- histrionics noun
- meretricious adjective
- pious adjective (PRETENDING)
- precocious adjective
- pretension noun
- pretentious adjective
- pseud(o)- prefix
- rent-a- prefix
- slick adjective
- theatrical adjective (BEHAVIOUR)
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