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# meanie

«meanie» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is unkind, selfish or not generous, said in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a meanie, meanies); also meany

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A meanie is a person who is unkind, selfish or not generous, said in a childish or playful way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#m1)

2) It is often used by young children or as a joke: «Don't be a meanie, share your sweets!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In playground talk, picture books and family jokes. It is gentle and not a serious insult. Phrases: «don't be a meanie», «big meanie», «you meanie!»

### examples

- Don't be a meanie, let me have a turn! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x1)
- My brother is a big meanie; he ate all the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x2)
- You meanie, you hid my shoes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x3)
- The meanie in the story stole the toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x4)
- Dad pretended to be a meanie and said no more biscuits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x5)
- She called me a meanie, then laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x6)
- Nobody likes a meanie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x7)
- Stop being a meanie and invite her to play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/#x8)

### note

Informal and childish; not for formal writing. Plural meanies. Sometimes spelled «meany». It comes from «mean», which here means unkind (not the maths «mean»).

### In the corpora

- ["xiǎoqìguǐ" means meanie, someone stingy who won't share; it is unfair if their family has little money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meanie» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanie/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.