Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ponce
Participle: ponced
Gerund: poncing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ponce |
| you | ponce |
| he;she;it | ponces |
| we | ponce |
| you | ponce |
| they | ponce |
Perfect
| I | have ponced |
| you | have ponced |
| he;she;it | has ponced |
| we | have ponced |
| you | have ponced |
| they | have ponced |
Past
| I | ponced |
| you | ponced |
| he;she;it | ponced |
| we | ponced |
| you | ponced |
| they | ponced |
Pluperfect
| I | had ponced |
| you | had ponced |
| he;she;it | had ponced |
| we | had ponced |
| you | had ponced |
| they | had ponced |
Future
| I | will ponce |
| you | will ponce |
| he;she;it | will ponce |
| we | will ponce |
| you | will ponce |
| they | will ponce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ponced |
| you | will have ponced |
| he;she;it | will have ponced |
| we | will have ponced |
| you | will have ponced |
| they | will have ponced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ponce |
| you | ponce |
| he;she;it | ponce |
| we | ponce |
| you | ponce |
| they | ponce |
Perfect
| I | have ponced |
| you | have ponced |
| he;she;it | have ponced |
| we | have ponced |
| you | have ponced |
| they | have ponced |
Imperfect
| I | ponced |
| you | ponced |
| he;she;it | ponced |
| we | ponced |
| you | ponced |
| they | ponced |
Pluperfect
| I | had ponced |
| you | had ponced |
| he;she;it | had ponced |
| we | had ponced |
| you | had ponced |
| they | had ponced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ponce |
| you | would ponce |
| he;she;it | would ponce |
| we | would ponce |
| you | would ponce |
| they | would ponce |
Perfect
| I | would have ponced |
| you | would have ponced |
| he;she;it | would have ponced |
| we | would have ponced |
| you | would have ponced |
| they | would have ponced |
Imperative
| you | ponce |
| we | Let's ponce |
| you | ponce |
Verbs conjugated like 'ponce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ponce'
pounce,
bone,
bounce,
conch,
conde,
cone,
dance,
dounce,
fence,
fonde,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to act as a pimp
- pimp out
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).
Sample Sentences
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The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins. [1992, Michael Swanwick, Stations of the Tide:]