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Phr V ponce around ponces, poncing, ponced ponce about/around British & Australian informal if a man ponces about or around, he behaves or dresses like a womanHe spent the seventies poncing about in skin-tight pink lycra. British & Australian informal to waste time doing silly, unimportant thingsStop poncing around and help me sort this mess out, would you!
ponce around ⇨ ponce about; ponce aroundverb 1 to behave in an exaggeratedly camp manner AUSTRALIA, 1978. 2 to act the fool; to show off UK, 1996
phraseponce around1. ponce about/around BrE spoken to waste time doing silly things, instead of doing serious work: When are you two going to stop poncing around and do something useful?■ SIMILAR TO: mess around informal, muck about/around BrE informal2. ponce about/around BrE spoken informal if you say that a man is poncing about or around, you mean that the way he walks, dresses etc is more like a woman than a man - used to show disapproval: He wants to be a professional dancer. Can't you just imagine him poncing about in pink tights?
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