mini

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/ˈmɪn.i/

noun 6adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

done, floral, go-carts, red, screeching, used, virtual, white

My daughter had a blast riding the mini go-carts at the fair last summer.

VERB + MINI

bought, burst, deploy, frozen, like, sell, served, set

My daughter burst into tears when she dropped her frozen mini ice lolly on the kitchen floor.

MINI + NOUN

buns, chocolate, course, empanadas, fireworks, fridge, golf, gym

We bought some mini chocolate buns from the bakery this morning.

PREP.

in, into, on, on, up

I packed all my belongings into a mini suitcase for the weekend trip.

Definitions

adj

Miniature, tiny, small.

noun

Abbreviation of miniskirt.

All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]

Abbreviation of minicomputer.

Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.

Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.

Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).

You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.

A very young dancer.

A small bottle of perfume.

In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet.

noun

A model of compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a very short skirt

miniskirt

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […]

Wiktionary

Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis.

Wiktionary

Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini.

Wiktionary

Do you sell mini disks?

Tatoeba · #69757

I am looking for a white mini skirt!

Tatoeba · #436391

One does not wear a red mini skirt to a funeral.

Tatoeba · #696945

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, mini is marked as dated, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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