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fancy 1, verb (oh) and pinnace (medicine)


fancy 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?like/want?
2 ?sexual attraction?
3 fancy yourself
4 fancy yourself (as) something
5 ?think something will be successful?
6 fancy!/fancy that!
7 ?think/believe?
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?LIKE/WANT?
BrE informal to like or want something, or want to do something
-synonym feel like feel like
::Fancy a quick drink, Emma?
fancy doing sth
::Sorry, but I don't fancy going out tonight.
?SEXUAL ATTRACTION?
BrE informal to feel sexually attracted to someone
::All the girls fancied him.
fancy yourself
BrE informal to behave in a way that shows you think you are very attractive or clever
::That bloke on the Dance floor really fancies himself.
fancy yourself (as) sth
BrE to believe, usually wrongly, that you have particular skills or are a particular type of person
::He fancies himself an artist.
::She fancies herself as another Madonna.
?THINK SOMETHING WILL BE SUCCESSFUL?
BrE to think someone or something is likely to be successful in something
::Which team do you fancy this year?
::I don't fancy our chances of getting a ticket this late.
fancy!/fancy that!
BrE spoken used to express your surprise or shock about something
::'The Petersons are getting divorced.' 'Fancy that!'
::Fancy seeing you here!
?THINK/BELIEVE?
literary to think or believe something without being certain
fancy (that)
::She fancied she heard a noise downstairs.

pinnace (medicine)


pinnace


1. A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; called originally, spynace or spyne. A man-of-war's boat. "Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs." (Shak)

2. A procuress; a pimp.

Origin: F. Pinasse; cf. It. Pinassa, pinazza, Sp. Pinaza; all from L. Pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g, a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.

Source: Websters Dictionary