mincing

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Verb

1. present participle of mince#English|mince

Adjective

mincing

1. Affectedly dainty.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

     "Is there nothing to eat in the house?" he asked, insolently, as if to a servant. In certain stages of his intoxication he affected the clipped, mincing speech of the towns. Mrs. Morel hated him most in this condition.

Noun

mincing (plural mincings)

1. The act by which something is minced.
   • 1931, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (volume 90, page 689)

     After three or four mincings with a coarse blade the product was passed two or three times through a fine blade.

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