melvin
/ˈmɛlvɪn/
melvin noun: a wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
Noun (1)
melvin (plural melvins)
- A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
Noun (2)
melvin (plural melvins)
Proper noun capitalized: Melvin
Melvin
- A surname from Old French.
- Melville always wrote his name Melvinus in Latin, and he is often called Melvin in English. Hence some have concluded that Melvin, and not Melville, was his proper name. But they are merely different modes of pronouncing the same family appellation.1824 Thomas M'Crie, The Life of Andrew Melville, W. Blackwood (1824), page 416
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- And for some reason, they called me Pete. My mother, who probably dug up the name Melvin from some romantic novel about Englishmen drinking tea, cringed at the "Pete".1976, Melvin Belli, My Life on Trial: An Autobiography, Morrow, →ISBN, page 21
- On Monday, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency placed a similar detainer on Melvin Jovel, 18, who on Sunday was the sixth person to be arrested in the case.2007 August 21, Kareem Fahim, “Presidential Candidate Blames Killings on Newark Sanctuary Policy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019
- An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
- A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
- A village in Ford County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
- A town in McCulloch County, Texas.
melvin meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
melvin in Hindi
- मेल्विन, मेलविन
melvin in Tamil
- ஓர் ஆணின் பெயர்
melvin in Marathi
- मेल्विन, मेल्व्हिन
melvin in Urdu
- میلوین
More languagesFewer languages
- melvin in Bengali
- মেলভিন, মলভিন
- melvin in Telugu
- మెల్విన్
- melvin in Malayalam
- മെൽവിൻ, മെല്വിൻ
- melvin in Kannada
- ಮೆಲ್ವಿನ್
- melvin in Punjabi
- ਮੇਲਵਿਨ, ਮੈਲਵਿਨ
- melvin in Gujarati
- મેલ્વિન, મેલ્વીન
- melvin in Odia
- ମେଲଭିନ୍, ମେଲଭିନ, ମେଲ୍ବିନ୍
- melvin in Nepali
- मेल्विन, मेलभिन, मेलविन
Forms of melvin
| plural | melvins |
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Origin of melvin
Used in the 1990s American TV show Salute Your Shorts and 1991 film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Earlier origin unknown.
From the male given name Melvin.
Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”). * Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.
Words formed from melvin
Words that rhyme with melvin
Questions about melvin
- What does melvin mean?
- Melvin means a wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
- What is melvin in Hindi?
- Melvin in Hindi is मेल्विन, मेलविन. See Melvin meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is melvin?
- Melvin can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce melvin?
- Melvin is pronounced /ˈmɛlvɪn/.
- What is the plural of melvin?
- The plural of melvin is melvins.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: melvin (page history and authors); Melvin (page history and authors); melvin (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); melvin (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melvin (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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