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mincings

mincings is the plural of mincing.

Meaning of mincing

Noun

mincing (countable and uncountable, plural mincings)

  1. The act by which something is minced.
    • After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.1931, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 90, page 689
  2. Affected dainty speech or movement.
    • 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.1975, R. M. Koster, The Dissertation, page 118

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Questions about mincings

What is mincings the plural of?
Mincings is the plural of mincing.

Words near mincings in the dictionary

  1. mincing one's words
  2. mincing up
  3. mincing words
  4. mincingly
  5. mincingness
  6. mincings
  7. Minco
  8. Mincopi
  9. Mincopie
  10. Mincopies
  11. Mincopis

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