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fancy-pants

fancy-pants noun: someone fancy, silly or attractive. Also the alternative spelling of fancy pants.

Noun

fancy-pants (plural fancy-pants)

  1. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.
    • That fancy-pants came around for you.
    • You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.

Adjective

fancy-pants (comparative more fancy-pants, superlative most fancy-pants)

  1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated
    • What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?
    • Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver, page ix

Also used as

fancy-pants is also the alternative spelling of fancy pants.

Forms of fancy-pants

Noun
pluralfancy-pants
alternative formfancypants
Adjective
comparativemore fancy-pants
superlativemost fancy-pants

Questions about fancy-pants

What does fancy-pants mean?
Fancy-pants means someone fancy, silly or attractive.
What part of speech is fancy-pants?
Fancy-pants can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of fancy-pants?
The plural of fancy-pants is fancy-pants.

Words near fancy-pants in the dictionary

  1. fancy stocks
  2. fancy that
  3. fancy trade
  4. fancy up
  5. fancy-free
  6. fancy-pants
  7. fancy-schmancier
  8. fancy-schmanciest
  9. fancy-schmancy
  10. fancy-shmancier
  11. fancy-shmanciest

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