teeny

«teeny» in Mova's school dictionary: Very small; tiny — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (teeny, teenier, teeniest)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Very small; tiny. tree →

2) In «teeny-weeny» or «teeny-tiny» (informal, childish): extremely small. tree →

3) Teeny can also mean a tiny bit, as in "a teeny bit more frightened." tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk, stories and baby talk «teeny» makes something sound very small or cute. In lessons on downplaying, «a teeny problem» can hide a big one. Related: «tiny», «wee» (Scotland, Ireland), «itsy-bitsy».

examples

• Look at the teeny little ladybird! tree →
• I only want a teeny piece of cake. tree →
• The mouse had teeny pink paws. tree →
• «It's a teeny scratch,» she said, but it was bleeding a lot — tell an adult. tree →
• The baby wore teeny socks. tree →
• There was a teeny-weeny spider in the bath. tree →
• That's a teeny bit unfair! tree →
• This made the teeny-tiny woman a teeny-tiny more frightened, so she hid her teeny-tiny head a teeny-tiny further under the teeny-tiny clothes. tree →

note

Informal. Comparative «teenier», superlative «teeniest». Do not confuse with «teen» (13–19 years old) or «teenage». Means «very small», not an exact size.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «teeny» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.