mitch
/mɪt͡ʃ/
mitch verb: to pilfer; filch; steal.
Verb
mitch (third-person singular simple present mitches, present participle mitching, simple past and past participle mitched)
- To pilfer; filch; steal.
- To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
- To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.
- "Did you ever mitch school?" he asked.
"No. But I think this is what it would feel like."1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal, Chapter 4. (p.115 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition) - John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.
- "Did you ever mitch school?" he asked.
- To grumble secretly.
- To pretend poverty.
Proper noun capitalized: Mitch
Mitch (plural Mitches)
- A diminutive of the male given name Mitchell.
- Walker – a Republican frontrunner in the race for Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat who has racked up high-profile endorsements from both former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – released a statement to the AJC on his college trajectory.2021 December 17, Rachel Janfaza, “Herschel Walker campaign deletes a false claim saying the Republican candidate for Senate graduated from college”, in CNN
Examples of mitch in a sentence
- Mitch would find the rat—or ratette—and move on without anyone knowing.
- Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump contemptuously brushed aside Schumer’s opposition to both appointments, and didn’t suffer for it politically.
- Mitch had smoothly removed her shortlets and panties.
Forms of mitch
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | mitches |
| present participle | mitching |
| past participle | mitched |
| past | mitched |
| alternative form | mich |
| alternative form | mych |
| alternative form | myche |
| alternative form | meech |
| alternative form | meach |
| alternative form (obsolete) | miche |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mitches |
Origin of mitch
From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch.
Clipping of Mitchell.
Words formed from mitch
- go on the mitch
- mitcher
- mitchery
- mitching
Phrases with mitch
Words that rhyme with mitch
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Questions about mitch
- What does mitch mean?
- Mitch means to pilfer; filch; steal.
- What part of speech is mitch?
- Mitch can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mitch?
- Mitch is pronounced /mɪt͡ʃ/.
- What is the past tense of mitch?
- The past tense of mitch is mitched.
Words near mitch in the dictionary
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