ponce

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To behave in a posh or effeminate manner
Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something
To act as a pimp
A posh or effeminate person
To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it
A pimp
A ponce is the same as a pimp
disapproval If you call a man a ponce, you are insulting him because you think the way he dresses or behaves is too feminine. ponce about/around to waste time doing silly things
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
{i} pimp, one who manages a prostitution business (Slang)
ponce wheel
A small metal wheel with evenly spaced points or spikes used for making a series of small holes in soft material such as fabric, leather, wood or paper, so as to leave an indelible but hardly visible mark
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
born Dec. 27, 1951, Mexico City, Mex. President of Mexico (1994-2000). Raised in a working-class family, he joined Mexico's ruling party in 1971 and earned a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. As secretary of the Ministry of Programming and Budget, he controlled Mexico's huge foreign debt, reduced inflation, and balanced the budget. Elected president after the assassination of the original PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) candidate, Luis Donaldo Colosio, he undertook reforms to reduce poverty, root out corruption, and continue democratizing the electoral system. His devaluation of the peso in 1994 led to an economic crisis that was turned around with massive U.S. aid. A rebellion in Chiapas plagued his administration, which was charged with human-rights abuses in that region
Juan Ponce de León
born 1460, Tierra de Campos Palencia, Leon died 1521, Havana, Cuba Spanish explorer. He may have accompanied Christopher Columbus's expedition in 1493 and later fought in the West Indies (1502), becoming governor of eastern Hispaniola. He colonized Puerto Rico (1508-09) and founded a settlement near modern San Juan. Rumours of a fountain of youth in the Bahamas inspired him to lead an expedition in 1513, but he landed instead on the northern coast of Florida near modern St. Augustine. He sailed along Florida's southern and western coasts, then returned to Spain to secure the title of military governor (1514). He sailed again to colonize Florida in 1521 but was wounded in an Indian attack and died in Cuba
disapproval ponce around
If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously. I spent my working life poncing around on a beach instead of doing a proper job
ponced
present participle of ponce
ponces
plural of ponce
poncing
third-person singular of ponce
ponce
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