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mingy | mings |

As an adjective mingy

is (colloquial) mean, miserly, stingy.

As a verb mings is

(ming).

mingy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
  • *1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 298:
  • *:After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 413:
  • *:Now all that, in its mingy way, is logical enough.

    • Synonyms

    * niggardly

    mings

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ming)

    • Anagrams

    *

    ming

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * minge, meng

    Verb

  • To mix, blend, mingle.
  • (obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
    • the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
  • (UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mixture.

    • Etymology 2

    Backformation from (minging).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
  • (British, slang) To be foul smelling.
    • Related terms
    * minger * minging

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) mingen, mengen, mungen, . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak of; mention; tell; relate.
  • To speak; tell; talk; discourse.
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