Definition of "ponce"

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.

1. Synonym of kept man.  examples

2. Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver.  examples

(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, derogatory, slang) Synonym of poof: an effeminate male homosexual; any similarly effeminate man.  quotations

To act as a pimp.  examples

(by extension) To try to get rid of or sell something.  examples

To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.  examples

To cadge.  examples

(derogatory) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.  quotations  examples

(Louisiana) The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food).  quotations  examples