Definition of Mince

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Definition of Mince

Mince

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of.

To affect; to make a parade of.

To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

A short, precise step; an affected manner.

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Mince Quotations

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
Friedrich Durrenmatt

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
Ethel Merman

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
Edward Young

I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.
Shannon Lucid

Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.
Ian St. John

For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to 'mince about' was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!
Dwayne Johnson

They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.
Edward Lear

Mince Translations

mince in Dutch is fijnhakken
mince in German is zerhacken
mince in Spanish is picar
mince in Swedish is trippa, tala fint, finhacka

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