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mincing gait — stroll, slow walk … English contemporary dictionary
gait — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. step, pace, stride; trot, gallop, walk, dogtrot; shuffle, saunter. See motion, method. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Manner of moving on foot] Syn. walk, run, motion, step, tread, stride, pace, tramp, march … English dictionary for students
mincing — /ˈmɪnsɪŋ/ (say minsing) adjective 1. affectedly nice or elegant, as gait, behaviour, air, speech, etc.: *She moved off with mincing steps; came back to whisper I really was married to him, you know. –g.b. lancaster, 1933. 2. walking, acting, or… …
gait — Synonyms and related words: amble, bat, career, celerity, clip, drag, droop, flounce, gallop, hitch, hobble, jog, lick, limp, lock step, lurch, mince, mincing steps, pace, paddle, piaffer, prance, progress, quickness, rack, rapidity, rate, roll,… … Moby Thesaurus
mincing — mincingly, adv. /min sing/, adj. (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant. [1520 30; MINCE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
Mincing — (Heb. taphoph, Isa. 3:16), taking affectedly short and quick steps. Luther renders the word by wag or waggle, thus representing the affected gait of coquettish females … Easton's Bible Dictionary
mincing — adj 1.(of gait, speech, behavior, etc.) dainty, overdainty, precious, sweet, effeminate, feminine, womanish, girlish, sissyish, sissy, pussyfooting, namby pamby, niminy piminy, Sl. cutesy; dandified, dandyish, foppish, coxcombic, coxcombical;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Mince (disambiguation) — Mince may refer to: Mincing, a food preparation technique in which food ingredients are finely divided Ground meat, also known as mince, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder (mincer) or a chopping knife. Beef mince, made of beef finely… … Wikipedia
Pol Plançon — Pol Henri Plançon (June 12, 1851 – August 11, 1914) was a French operatic bass ( basse chantante ) and one of the most acclaimed singers during the 1890s and early 1900s, a period often referred to as the Golden Age of Opera . In addition to… … Wikipedia
The Sandman (1991 film) — Infobox Film name = The Sandman sucks director = Paul Berry producer = Batty, Batty, MacKinnon Productions released = 1991 runtime = 9 min., 17 sec. language = No dialogue (Title in English) imdb id = 0105311 The Sandman is a 1991 stop motion… … Wikipedia
mincer — n British a male homosexual, effeminate or effete male. In armed forces usage, from the notion of a mincing gait … Contemporary slang
