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minny

/ˈmɪni/

minny noun: a minnow.

Noun

minny (plural minnies)

  1. A minnow.
    • All I know is, it doesn't seem strange in the turkeys, and same way I've seen rock-fish move like soldiers on a school of minnies; but for the plovers to do the like seemed all out of place, somehow[…]1901, Charles Conrad Abbott, A naturalist's rambles about home

Proper noun capitalized: Minny

Minny

  1. (US, alternative, slang) Alternative form of Minnie (“Minneapolis”).

Forms of minny

pluralminnies

Questions about minny

What does minny mean?
Minny means a minnow.
What part of speech is minny?
Minny can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce minny?
Minny is pronounced /ˈmɪni/.
What is the plural of minny?
The plural of minny is minnies.

Words near minny in the dictionary

  1. minnowers
  2. minnowing
  3. minnowlike
  4. minnows
  5. Minns
  6. minny
  7. mino
  8. mino bird
  9. mino birds
  10. Minoa
  11. Minoan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minny (page history and authors); Minny (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.

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