ponce

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/pɒns/

Definition of ponce

10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
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noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.
    “Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce.”
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, Louisiana, UK, derogatory, slang)The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).
    “STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […]”
    “[…] before Escoffier and the five mother sauces, even before Brillat-Savarin, French Acadian cooks in South Louisiana kitchens prepared ponce.”

verb

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)To act as a pimp.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, derogatory, slang)To try to get rid of or sell something.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)To cadge.
  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang)To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
    “The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins.”

name

  1. A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.

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Etymology

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

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