name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Mitchell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
mitch
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɪt͡ʃ/
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homophone: mitch
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rhymes with -ɪtʃ
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To pilfer; filch; steal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Wales, ambitransitive
Examples
- John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.
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verb
Meaning 5
To grumble secretly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To pretend poverty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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History
Etymology
Clipping of Mitchell.
From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: podkradać — to pilfer
- Polish: podkraść — to pilfer
Real reading context