TEENY (teenier, teeniest)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: teenier    , teeniest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does teeny mean? 

• TEENY (adjective)
  The adjective TEENY has 1 sense:

1. (used informally) very small

  Familiarity information: TEENY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEENY (adjective)

Comparative: teenier   
Superlative: teeniest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used informally) very small

Synonyms:

bittie; bitty; itsy-bitsy; itty-bitty; teensy; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; wee; weensy; weeny

Context example:

a wee tot

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

An’ wasn’t it a week later that the poor little ladies was put ashore on the other side of the island, with nothin’ before ’em but to walk home acrost the mountains on their weeny-teeny little straw sandals which wouldn’t hang together a mile?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)