OriginFrom nancy. As a verb, cf. prance, dance, and mince.
- A diminutive of the female given name Nancy.
- A Cornish surname.
- To act in an effeminate manner.
- slang, uncommonTo move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.
“nancing around in tight pants”
- A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.
FormsNances(present, singular, third-person) · Nancing(participle, present) · Nanced(participle, past) · Nanced(past) · nances(present, singular, third-person) · nancing(participle, present) · nanced(participle, past) · nanced(past) · nances(plural)