Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, dialectal)Minuscule; tiny.

    (used informally) little or tiny

Examples

2 sentences

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

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

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Origin

Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y

Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y

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Forms

weenier, weeniest
Comparativeweenier Lesson
Superlativeweeniest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedeeny-weenyteeny-weenyweeny-bopper

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weekendsweeklyA2weepA2weevilweighA2
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