Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)Very small; tiny.

    (used informally) little or tiny

Examples

4 sentences

  1. She bought a teeny-weeny souvenir on her trip.

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  2. We make a teeny bit of progress, then we go back to square one.

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  3. It's so teeny tiny!

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  4. They went to live in a weeny-teeny little yellow house in Bolingbroke.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Alteration of tiny, possibly with a childish or fanciful intention. First attested in 1825

Alteration of tiny, possibly with a childish or fanciful intention. First attested in 1825.

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Forms

teenier, teeniest
Comparativeteenier Lesson
Superlativeteeniest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

30 synonyms
littleA1lowA2modestB2pettyB2slimA2slightB2smallA1compactfun sizeickleinsignificantminipint-sizedsmall-scale
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedteeny-tiny

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
teenB1teenageA2teenagerA2teepeeteeterteethe

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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