gamine

noun

Definition of gaminenext
1
as in waif

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as in pixie

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Recent Examples of gamine The actors are all likeable enough, especially the gamine Demoustier, but they are stuck with limp material that’s more twee than captivating. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 Vato’s tiny storefront is austere and modern, an aesthetic that extends to the burritos themselves, which are long, lithe roll-ups with a sort of gamine appeal, svelte as a Virginia Slim. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 The look should be gamine, elegant, and worn with all of the confidence required of a true short cut. — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026 Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained. — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gamine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamine
  1. waif
  2. pixie
  3. urchin
  4. tomboy
  5. hoyden
  6. romp
Noun
  • Here, visitors make their way through an exhibition featuring waif Alberto Giacometti sculptures, a room full of Picassos, Fischli/Weiss’s comical sculpture Animal (1986), and more.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Everyone was chasing a waif look.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of waif
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  • Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
  • For those who don’t even break a sweat in the face of danger, a bare-it-all pixie with polish.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of pixie
Noun
  • Picking the urchins up from their niches just takes a little clasp and a wiggle with a pair of tongs.
    — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Part of her effort is to incentivize more harvesting of the older, less desirable but more destructive urchins.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of urchin
Noun
  • When rule-follower Ellie stumbles upon tomboy Ashley trapped in a Hot Topic at the mall, she becomes swept up into her world.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • In the present, Lara meets Mari, a sarcastic and blunt high school tomboy who competes as a boxer.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Definition of tomboy
Noun
  • Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
Definition of hoyden
Noun
  • In his latest romp, corporate greed, lovable cows and hideous monsters converge in Richland, Ohio.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The senior safety had a 65-yard pick-6 in the previous home game — a 61-7 romp over UTEP.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of romp

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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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