Word.ws English Dictionary

mimping

mimping is the present participle and gerund of mimp.

Meaning of mimp

Verb

mimp (third-person singular simple present mimps, present participle mimping, simple past and past participle mimped)

  1. To purse one’s lips.
    • The Beaux alter’d Creatures,
      Now mimp up their Features,
      And trip it, and trip it ſo pretty; […]1755, H. Woodward, The Comic Tunes and Songs in the Entertainment Call’d Proteus, or Harlequin in China
  2. To act in an affectedly prim or dainty manner.

See all 3 meanings of mimp

Questions about mimping

What is mimping the present participle and gerund of?
Mimping is the present participle and gerund of mimp.

Words near mimping in the dictionary

  1. mimotopes
  2. Mimoň
  3. mimp
  4. mimpathy
  5. mimped
  6. mimping
  7. mimps
  8. Mimram
  9. mims
  10. Mimses
  11. mimsier

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mimping (page history and authors); mimp (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mimping.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mimping. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.