Mincemeat

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies. countable, uncountable

    "And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana."

  2. 2
    spiced mixture of chopped raisins and apples and other ingredients with or without meat wordnet
  3. 3
    Minced meat, mince. countable, rare, uncountable
  4. 4
    A badly cut-up body or parts of a body. countable, uncountable

    "Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat."

  5. 5
    Something or someone utterly destroyed. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!"

Etymology

An alteration of earlier minced meat; equivalent to mince + meat.

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