Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tiny.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Very small: same as
tiny . - Fretful; peevish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Very small; tiny.
- adjective Prov. Eng. Fretful; peevish; pettish; cross.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective informal Very
small ;tiny . - adjective UK, dialect
fretful ;peevish ;cross
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used informally) very small
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We need to carry teeny dogs in teeny designer bags and give them names like — well, Teeny.
Red Carpet Treatment at AWP : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Parties are forever convinced that their outcomes are being sullied by crossover voting, which is possible in teeny tiny elections.
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November 28, 2006 @ 6: 18 pm sorry (in teeny, tiny letters of humility).
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A perfect chair for those of us in teeny apartments!
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Dohiyi Mir finds the lastest in teeny-bopper fashion -- and fascism.
October 2005 2005
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There’s no hidden fine print in teeny weeny letters, no opting out of something you’d never have agreed to in the first place if only you’d known about it.
p2pnet and privacy 2009
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I know it’s anti-Midtown Lunch to be eating at my desk, but I do like to save my outdoor-recess time to get coffee at Stumptown and ogle the old-timey hipster barista boys in teeny pants.
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During last night’s festivities, we were treated to insightful bon mots like “Oh, they just go to the showers for a little fun and relaxation” during the men’s sychronized diving, further adding to the odd, uncomfortable feeling of watching 14-year-old boys in teeny-tiny underwear stand on a platform together and say “Ready?
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I wondered how many times I’d looked ridiculous and pranced about in teeny-bopper clothes and shoes.
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Our dinner conversations were a mix of Spanish (I speak a teeny bit), German (I speak a teeny bit more) and English (most of them spoke it pretty well).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Case Against the Libertarian Case Against Hispanic Immigration: 2009
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