What does "melvin" mean?
A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
Melvin
/ˈmɛlvɪn/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A wedgie performed from in front of the victim.
- Grammar: melvin is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: forename, given name, personal name.
- Useful contrasts: anonymity, namelessness.
- Usage evidence: "Melvin, what I miss about living in Japan is the food!" "Like what, Rod?" "Like the 'onigiri' and 'bento boxes' and 'matcha cakes' from ordinary markets."
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wedgie performed from in front of the victim. slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old French.
"Melville always wrote his name Melvinus in Latin, and he is often called Melvin in English. Hence some have concluded that Melvin, and not Melville, was his proper name. But they are merely different modes of pronouncing the same family appellation."
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname.
"And for some reason, they called me Pete. My mother, who probably dug up the name Melvin from some romantic novel about Englishmen drinking tea, cringed at the "Pete"."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Ford County, Illinois.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A town in McCulloch County, Texas.
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Example
""Melvin, what I miss about living in Japan is the food!" "Like what, Rod?" "Like the 'onigiri' and 'bento boxes' and 'matcha cakes' from ordinary markets.""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "melvin"?
Common synonyms include: forename, given name, personal name.
How do you use "melvin" in a sentence?
"Melvin, what I miss about living in Japan is the food!" "Like what, Rod?" "Like the 'onigiri' and 'bento boxes' and 'matcha cakes' from ordinary markets."
How do you pronounce "melvin"?
Pronounced /ˈmɛlvɪn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of the Scottish surname Melville, from a place name Malleville in Normandy, from Latin mala (“bad”) + Old French ville (“settlement”). * Used to Anglicize Mac Gille Beathain in Scotland and Ó Maoil Mhín in Ireland.
Etymology 2
Used in the 1990s American TV show Salute Your Shorts and 1991 film Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Earlier origin unknown.