different between mongrel vs mingle

English

Etymology

From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) +? -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ?emong (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??.???l/, /?m??.???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??.???l/, /?m??.???l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?m??.???l/

Noun

mongrel (plural mongrels)

1. (often derogatory) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.

   Synonyms: bitsa, bitser, (UK, Australia, New Zealand) bitzer, cur, mutt, (dialectal) tyke, Heinz 57

   Hyponym: (of a cat) moggy
2. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.

   Synonym: bastard

   • 2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77,

     "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
3. (slang, Australia) An erect penis; an erection.

Related terms

• among

Translations

Adjective

mongrel (comparative more mongrel, superlative most mongrel)

1. Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.

   English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of our tongue.

References

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)

1. (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
2. (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship
3. to cause or allow to intermarry
4. to intermarry.
5. (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience

     a mingled, imperfect virtue

6. (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

   • [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
8. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
9. (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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bemingle
• commingle
• mingler
• overmingle
• undermingle
• unmingle

Translations

Noun

mingle (plural mingles)

1. (obsolete) A mixture.
2. 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.

Related terms

• among
• mongrel

Anagrams

• Leming, leming