EGAVE

minx

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
  2. noun A promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
  3. noun A pet dog.
  4. verb Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
  5. verb To make (someone) like a minx; to become like a minx.
  6. noun Obsolete spelling of mink (“any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily”). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

prickteaser coquette tease flirt vamper vamp hussy minikin gamine flirtigig

Often followed by

was of who and had is in with that

Word family

minxes

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