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
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