Fop - English meaning

noun

A boyfriend or male admirer.

noun

A wealthy, fashionable socialite.

Usage examples:

He charmed the judges the way a boulevardier charms wealthy tourists.

noun

A vain and conceited man; a dandy.

Usage examples:

His manner assures her ‘that he was exactly the coxcomb she had heard him described to be.’

noun

The crest or comb of a domestic cock.

noun

A man who is too proud of his appearance

noun

A man unduly concerned with looking stylish and fashionable.

Usage examples:

His floppy handkerchiefs and antique cufflinks gave him the look of a dandy

adjective

Excellent.

Usage examples:

Things are all fine and dandy

adjective

Very good

Usage examples:

I’m doing just dandy, thanks.

noun

A male peafowl, which has very long tail feathers that have eye-like markings and can be erected and fanned out in display.

Usage examples:

It should be noted that a peacock is a male peafowl and a peahen is a female peafowl.

adjective

Male peafowl

noun

A large bird with long, bright, showy, blue and green tail feathers that it can spread out

noun

A vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly.

Usage examples:

I am pretty sure i'm a drink-soaked popinjay myself, and formerly many things of a disreputable nat…

noun

Someone, usually a man, who is too interested in and proud of their own appearance

Usage examples:

He regarded his rival as a conceited popinjay.

noun

A person who behaves affectedly in order to impress others.

Usage examples:

The truth of the matter is that real sport takes place in winter; summer sports are for poseurs who…

noun

Someone who pretends to be something they are not, or to have qualities that they do not have

Usage examples:

You look like a real poseur in your fancy sports car!

noun

An implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

Usage examples:

Moving the soil surface with a rake in winter will expose many slugs and their eggs to frost damage.

verb

Draw together with a rake or similar implement.

Usage examples:

I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass

noun

A fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits.

Usage examples:

A merry restoration rake

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell

noun

A rich or upper-class person.

Usage examples:

A ban won't just affect a few toffs and their rich country chums.

verb

Be smartly dressed.

Usage examples:

He was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth

noun

A rich person from a high social class

Usage examples:

Gone are the days when champagne-drinking was just for toffs.

adjective

Very fashionable or up to date.

Usage examples:

I enjoyed being able to go out and buy trendy clothes

noun

A person who is very fashionable or up to date.

Usage examples:

Taiwan's well-heeled young trendies