Definitions

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  • noun sports A person who plays at two positions, not good enough at either to be restricted to it.
  • noun tennis A shot that is hit between the legs. It was first popularized by Frenchman Yannick Noah.
  • noun computing A computing device that is smaller than a traditional laptop, but larger than a PDA
  • noun professional wrestling slang A professional wrestler who is neutral or morally ambiguous; neither a face nor a heel, or showing no favoritism to either allegiance.
  • noun cinematography A person, machine or piece of software that performs tweening
  • noun film A film that isn't very marketable because it's in between two genres.

Etymologies

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between + -er, i.e. someone who is caught in between

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Examples

  • "We kind of look at the minis as what we call a tweener product," he said.

    Enterprise IT Planet News 2009

  • "We kind of look at the minis as what we call a tweener product," he said.

    iTnews Australia 2009

  • "We kind of look at the minis as what we call a tweener product," he said.

    Yahoo! News: Technology News 2009

  • "We were in what I call a tweener stage," Meadows says, referring to the basketball term for when a player isn't fast enough to be a point guard but isn't strong enough to be a power forward -- in other words, the worst of both worlds.

    Entrepreneur.com: Latest Articles 2008

  • That's where the Titans drafted Kearse in 1999, taking a chance on someone called a tweener and seen more as a physical freak than polished product.

    Brownsville Herald : By KRISTIE RIEKEN 2010

  • That's where the Titans drafted Kearse in 1999, taking a chance on someone called a tweener and seen more as a physical freak than polished product.

    Brownsville Herald : By KRISTIE RIEKEN 2010

  • That's where the Titans drafted Kearse in 1999, taking a chance on someone called a tweener and seen more as a physical freak than polished product.

    Brownsville Herald : By KRISTIE RIEKEN 2010

  • That's where the Titans drafted Kearse in 1999, taking a chance on someone called a tweener and seen more as a physical freak than polished product.

    Brownsville Herald : By KRISTIE RIEKEN 2010

  • Federer successfully pulled off the shot - also known as a "tweener" - at the previous two U.S.

    WATCH: Federer Lights Up Opponent With Through-The-Legs Winner AP/The Huffington Post 2011

  • Federer successfully pulled off the shot - also known as a "tweener" - at the previous two U.S.

    WATCH: Federer Lights Up Opponent With Through-The-Legs Winner AP/The Huffington Post 2011

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