Fancy | Mean of fancy in English Dictionary

/ˈfænsi/

• not plain or ordinary
1. a fancy dress
2. a fancy hairdo
3. fancy decorations
• very expensive and fashionable
1. a fancy restaurant
2. He drives a big, fancy car.
• done with great skill and grace
1. fancy footwork
2. fancy diving

• of the highest grade or quality
1. fancy tuna
• Noun
• the feeling of liking someone or something
1. Something about the movie really struck/caught/tickled/took their fancy. [=something about the movie appealed to them very much]
2. She took a fancy to the stray dog. [=she formed a liking for the stray dog]
3. a passing fancy [=a liking that lasts only a short time]
• the power of the mind to imagine things
1. His plans to build a new stadium are the product of pure fancy.
• something imagined
1. Critics have dismissed his plan as mere fancy.
2. a mere fancy
• Verb
• to take pleasure in (something)
1. She has never fancied [=liked, enjoyed] large dinner parties.
• to consider (someone or something) likely to win or succeed
1. Do you fancy [=like] their chances?
2. Which horse do you fancy in the Derby?
• to want to have or do (something)
1. Do you fancy (having) another drink? [=would you like to have another drink?]
• to feel sexually attracted to (someone)
1. He's all right, I suppose, but I can't say I fancy him.
• to imagine (something)
1. I have a hard time fancying you as a father.
2. Fancy [=imagine] our embarrassment when the police showed up at the door.
3. “The baby she brought home was the wrong one.” “Fancy that!” [=imagine that]
• to think or believe (something) without being certain that you are right
1. I fancy (that) I've met him before.
• to think that you look good or that you are very special or important
1. They really fancy themselves after only one hit song!
2. I never thought I'd fancy myself in a kilt.