mutiny
verb/ˈmjuːtəni/
/ˈmjuːtəni/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they mutiny | /ˈmjuːtəni/ /ˈmjuːtəni/ |
| he / she / it mutinies | /ˈmjuːtəniz/ /ˈmjuːtəniz/ |
| past simple mutinied | /ˈmjuːtənid/ /ˈmjuːtənid/ |
| past participle mutinied | /ˈmjuːtənid/ /ˈmjuːtənid/ |
| -ing form mutinying | /ˈmjuːtəniɪŋ/ /ˈmjuːtəniɪŋ/ |
- (especially of soldiers or sailors) to refuse to obey the orders of somebody in authority
- There was a real chance the crew would mutiny.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from obsolete mutine ‘rebellion’, from French mutin ‘mutineer’, based on Latin movere ‘to move’.Definitions on the go
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