Mincing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mincing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of mince.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of mince.
More Meanings
- Affectedly dainty.
- The act by which something is minced.
- Affected dainty speech or movement.
Example Sentences
After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.
My father, León Fuertes, was a fag three years; a roaring faggot; a lisping, smirking fruit; […] He put on all the trappings of inversion: the twittered mouthings, the hyper-feminine moues, the languid mincings.
"Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.
Word Forms
- mincings
Synonyms for mincing
Depending on context, synonyms include refined, dainty, prim, niminy-piminy, twee.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dainty, niminy-piminy, twee, prim, refined, gingerly.
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