as in tiny
very small in size
kept losing the teeny-weeny coffee mugs for the kitchen in her dollhouse
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Recent Examples of teeny-weeny
Willems discusses how kids can use their imagination to understand their place.
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Award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems' creative spark elevated him to the big time among children's book creators, but his latest work takes us into teeny-weeny territory.
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Abc News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Quant’s miniskirt was the teeny-weeny logo of an era of liberation.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Jenner captioned the photo dump from her recent Italian vacation, including multiple lakeside shots in an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow thong bikini.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023
Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny pores, visible hydration — and all without any apparent makeup.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 7 July 2023
Without much deliberation, Sheva whips out that teeny-weeny mortar, basically a toy, an oversized under-barrel grenade launcher.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
Abc News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2024
Quant’s miniskirt was the teeny-weeny logo of an era of liberation.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Jenner captioned the photo dump from her recent Italian vacation, including multiple lakeside shots in an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow thong bikini.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2023
Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny pores, visible hydration — and all without any apparent makeup.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 7 July 2023
Without much deliberation, Sheva whips out that teeny-weeny mortar, basically a toy, an oversized under-barrel grenade launcher.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teeny-weeny
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The pup worked for 13 years helping make others smile — including countless patients at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where he was named the tiniest therapy dog out of more than 100 enrolled in the hospital’s Amerman Family Foundation Dog Therapy Program.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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There was a tiny cell, its walls painted deep red and carved with graffiti, where prisoners who were to be executed were kept.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Last season saw the 27-year-old continue his steady production at the plate, lowering his already impressive strikeout rate to a minuscule 10.3 percent.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Such actions would make the 2018 trade war look minuscule.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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These supergiant crustaceans produce a small number of eggs — only in the hundreds — which hatch as miniature versions of the adults, Sidabalok said.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Setting aside the delightful incongruity between the coach who once promised to bite off peoples’ kneecaps and his miniature companions, the fourth-down factor is a big part of what makes the Lions Must-See TV.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Teeny-weeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teeny-weeny. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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