fopnoun [ C ]
uk/fɒp/us/fɑːp/old-fashioned disapproving(especially in the past) a man who is extremely interested in his appearance and who wears very decorative clothes
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Kinds of men
- a bit of rough idiom
- a man's man idiom
- adult
- alpha male
- beta male
- gaffer
- gay
- geezer
- gent
- gentleman
- ladies' man
- mac
- male chauvinist
- MCP
- medallion man
- sister under the skin idiom
- spiv
- sugar daddy
- suit
- suitor
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foppish
adjective uk/ˈfɒp.ɪʃ/us/ˈfɑː.pɪʃ/old-fashioned disapproving
Examples from literature
- Annie had always wondered what Fanny could see in a silly, trifling fop like Cyril.
- Courtesy he holds to be the vice of fops, and the manners of society mere hypocrisy.
- He was the fop of the school, wore the nattiest of garments, patent-leather shoes, gold watch, bosom pin, seal ring, and was blessed with a nice little moustache.
- I do not mean fops and dandies, but true gentlemen.
- Though not a fop, his hand trembled on the last morning of his journey when he fastened a necktie of the colour his mother loved best.