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mingle
English
Etymology
From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming +? -le. Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m??.??l/
- Rhymes: -????l
Verb
mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)
- (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product
- Synonyms: confuse, confound
- (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship
- to cause or allow to intermarry
- to intermarry.
- (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience
- a mingled, imperfect virtue
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience
- (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
- [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
- (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
- (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
- (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
- 2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life
- And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.
- 2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bemingle
- commingle
- mingler
- overmingle
- undermingle
- unmingle
Translations
Noun
mingle (plural mingles)
- (obsolete) A mixture.
- The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group
- 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting
- When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
- 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting
Related terms
- among
- mongrel
Anagrams
- Leming, leming
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huddle
English
Etymology
From Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide +? -le and/or hide +? -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?d?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Noun
huddle (plural huddles)
- A dense and disorderly crowd.
- (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
- (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
Translations
Verb
huddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)
- (intransitive) To crowd together.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
- (intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
- To get together and discuss a topic.
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
- George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials huddled all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said.
- 2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
- (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
- (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
- Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, […] makes a medley and confusion.
- (transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
- 1845, John Henry Newman, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
- Huddle up a peace.
- Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady
- Now, in all haste, they huddle on / Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
- 1845, John Henry Newman, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
- (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
Translations
Adjective
huddle (comparative more huddle, superlative most huddle)
- Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:
- Gowan snored, each respiration chocking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:
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