Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang, uncommon)To move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.

    nancing around in tight pants

Examples

1 sentences

  1. People with strange outfits were nancing around at the so-called Pride Parade.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · 2001 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

From nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.

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Forms

nances, nancing, nanced, nanced
Base formnance · to nance
3rd person singularnances
Present participlenancing
Past simplenanced
Past participlenanced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynance
he, she, itnances

Past simpleLesson

all personsnanced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nanced
he, she, ithas nanced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
namesakenannanananinannynanoB2
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