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MINX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does minx mean?
• MINX (noun)
The noun MINX has 1 sense:
1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Familiarity information: MINX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
coquette; flirt; minx; prickteaser; tease; vamp; vamper
Hypernyms ("minx" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Context examples
You must conceive that the mother is speaking, and that the forward young minx is answering.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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