MINX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minx mean? 

• MINX (noun)
  The noun MINX has 1 sense:

1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

  Familiarity information: MINX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

coquette; flirt; minx; prickteaser; tease; vamp; vamper

Hypernyms ("minx" is a kind of...):

adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))

 Context examples 

You must conceive that the mother is speaking, and that the forward young minx is answering.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)