mince

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 [VN] to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine (= called a MINCER): minced beef 2 [V+adv./prep.] (disapproving) to walk with quick short steps, in a way that is not natural: He minced over to serve us. IDIOMS not mince (your) words to say sth in a direct way even though it might offend other people: They were severely criticized by the chairman, who was not a man to mince his words. noun (BrE) (AmE ground beef, hamburger, hamburger meat) [U] meat, especially beef, that has been finely chopped in a special machine: a pound of mince