/mɪnd͡ʒ/
OriginProbably corrupted from midge.
- US, archaic, dialectalSynonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
“If troubled by black flies, mosquitoes, minges, or other insects, build a smudge in this way[…]”
“The minges and noseeums had found her now, so many of them buzzing around her head that her vision seemed to dance with black specks. She waved at them but didn't slap. Slap at mosquitoes, but it's be”
- obsoleteSynonym of ming (“to mix”).
Formsminges(plural) · minges(present, singular, third-person) · minging(participle, present) · minged(participle, past) · minged(past)