Phrase Hound found 78 phrases and 19 compound words that contain fancy. The most common are listed below. Open fancy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 78
- fancy dressA costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.
- flight of fancyAn idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
- fancy-pantsAlternative spelling of fancy pants.
- flights of fancyplural of flight of fancy: An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
- fancy-freeFree of commitments or obligations
- Fancy GapA census-designated place in Carroll County, Virginia, United States.
- fancy-schmancySynonym of schmancy: Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.
- fancy DanA show-off; a person who is stylish but lacks real skill or substance.
- Fancy DutchThe Pennsylvania German people who do not observe requirements to wear plain clothes; often those not belonging to Anabaptist groups.
- fancy girlA female slave kept for sex; a concubine.
- fancy girlsplural of fancy girl: A female slave kept for sex; a concubine.
- fancy goodsDecorative luxury items.
- fancy miceplural of fancy mouse: A domesticated mouse, usually a house mouse (Mus musculus), common as a pet.
- fancy mouseA domesticated mouse, usually a house mouse (Mus musculus), common as a pet.
- fancy ratA domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), common as a pet.
- fancy sauceSynonym of fry sauce: A condiment for french fries, usually one part ketchup to two parts mayonnaise.
- fancy ratsplural of fancy rat: A domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), common as a pet.
- fancy houseA brothel.
- fancy manSynonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).
- fancy stitchA stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.
- fancy fairA fair at which mostly decorative articles are sold, generally for charitable ends.
- fancy-shmancyAlternative spelling of fancy-schmancy: Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.
- tickle someone's fancyTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.
- strike someone's fancyTo attract or appeal to someone.
- border fancyA breed of domesticated canary.
Compound words 19
- fancifulImaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
- fanciedExisting only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.
- schmancyFancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.
- shmancyAlternative spelling of schmancy: Fancy, especially in a contrived or pretentious fashion.
- hyperfancyVery fancy.
- fancilessHaving no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
- fancyworkDecorative embroidery.
- nonfancyNot fancy.
- disfancyTo dislike.
- fancifyTo make fancy.