nance

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verb

To move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.

“nancing around in tight pants”

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fagotfaggotfagfairypansyqueenqueerpoof
OriginSpanish nance →
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Meanings

nance1

nounnance (plural nances)

plural nances

  1. alternativeslangAlternative form of nancy (“an effeminate male homosexual”).

    "Fairies, nances, swishes, fags, lezzes — call 'em what you please — should of course be permitted to earn honest livings […]

    1992, Leigh W. Rutledge, The gay decades: from Stonewall to the present
verbnance (third-person singular simple present nances, present participle nancing, simple past and past participle nanced)

present singular third person nances · participle present nancing · participle past nanced · past nanced

  1. slanguncommonTo move in a prissy or stereotypically effeminate manner.

    nancing around in tight pants

nance2

nounnance (plural nances)

plural nances

  1. A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.

Nance3

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Nancy.
  2. A Cornish surname.
nounNance (plural Nances)

plural Nances

  1. derogatorynancyboy
verbNance (third-person singular simple present Nances, present participle Nancing, simple past and past participle Nanced)

present singular third person Nances · participle present Nancing · participle past Nanced · past Nanced

  1. To act in an effeminate manner.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounoffensive term for a homosexual man

Similar
fagotfaggotfagfairypansyqueenqueerpoofpoovepouf
Broader
gay manshirtlifter
Also see
fagfaggotfagotfairypansypoofpoovepoufqueenqueer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

nance · noun, verb

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

Full word history & related roots →

nance · noun

  1. Spanishnance
  2. Englishnance

From American Spanish nance, from Classical Nahuatl.

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Translations

Portuguese muruci
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Cite this entry
APA

nance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nance

MLA

“nance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nance.

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