mince (minces 3rd person present) (mincing present participle) (minced past tense & past participle )
1 n-uncount Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine.
(mainly BRIT)
Brown the mince in a frying pan.
in AM, use ground beef, hamburger meat
2 verb If you mince food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces.
(mainly BRIT)
Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself. V n
3 verb If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, minces somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps., (disapproval)
They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up. V prep/adv
4 If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
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not mince your words/ not mince words phrase
The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst...