ponce

ponce (päns)

noun, intransitive verb ponced, ponc′·ing

Chiefly Brit., Slang pimp

Etymology: Brit slang < ? pounce on

Ponce (pō̂n′se)

seaport in S Puerto Rico: pop. 186,000

Etymology: after Juan Ponce de León y Loaiza (great-grandson of Juan Ponce de León), who founded it (c. 1692)

Preposition: on

web: So I spent the day poncing about on the web.

Adjective modifier

redoubtable: One other child redoubtable ponce de distance of the interest on our.

Modifying Another Word

about: We ran the first horrible slotted drop blind - no poncing about.

Followed by an intransitive particle

around: Why not just say it's a rotten book instead of poncing around with metaphysics?

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