All 32 Uses of
mean
in
Always Running
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- You mean Mrs. Alvarez?†
Chpt 1
- Ana Seni was called Pimpos, which doesn't mean anything I know of.†
Chpt 1
- What do you mean?†
Chpt 2
- A crew of mean-looking vatos piled out, armed with chains, bats, metal pipes and zip guns.†
Chpt 2
- A local band played some mean sounds, one of a number of street bands which were popping up all over the valley and east side of the county.†
Chpt 2
- "I don't know, I mean, we still don't live in the Hills," I replied.†
Chpt 2
- I mean she had this annoying habit of boarding city buses and singing at the top of her voice — one bus driver even refused to go on until she got off.†
Chpt 3
- Later in the youth authority camps and prisons, blacks used Mexican slang and the cholo style; Mexicans imitated the Southside swagger and style — although this didn't mean at times we didn't war with one another, such being the state of affairs at the bottom.†
Chpt 4
- Then when themusic started taking a blues turn, it became the Coyote Blue Hemp Boogie Band and Joaquin Lopez learned to play a mean harmonica, as penetrating as any original blues man.†
Chpt 4
- What do you mean?†
Chpt 4
- You mean before or after I suck your blood.†
Chpt 4
- A crew of older, mean-eyed vatos arrived and the younger guys stacked behind them.†
Chpt 5
- ""I mean, we haven't done anything really decent," she said, then paused.†
Chpt 5
- What do you mean, I don't want to know," I replied.†
Chpt 5
- What do you mean?†
Chpt 6
- And then there was Piri Thomas, a Puerto Rican brother, un camarada de aquellas: His book Down These Mean Streets became a living Bible for me.†
Chpt 6
- What do you mean — they beat you in jail?†
Chpt 6
- Just for being who we are, you know what I mean?†
Chpt 6
- There is no pain like being exhausted in the ring — except labor pains, but this explains what I mean.†
Chpt 6
- ""That's true, but what are our chances — I mean, how are we going to win when the Anglos do all the judging?"†
Chpt 7
- What you mean, do I know her?†
Chpt 8
- I didn't mean for this to happen.†
Chpt 8
- I mean, ToHMAS is big right now; people say you had a lot to do with it.†
Chpt 8
- Hey, Delfina, I didn't mean anything by it.†
Chpt 8
- You mean you don't know?†
Chpt 8 *
- Those trying to maintain peace knew this violated the truce and could mean warfare again.†
Chpt 8
- "We can't pretend a war with Sangra won't mean others won't die," I responded, knowing I couldn't back off.†
Chpt 8
- I guess okay — I mean, it's worth a try.†
Chpt 9
- I mean, there's many things happening for me right now.†
Chpt 9
- You mean, Terry may not be pregnant?†
Chpt 9
- I mean, with her you don't know if she's just playing games to get to you, or if she left because she doesn't want to lose the baby.†
Chpt 9
- What's that mean?†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Mean has many more common meanings such as to being unkind, or to intend something. See a comprehensive dictionary for many other meanings.