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# teeny

adjective (teeny, teenier, teeniest)

«teeny» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Very small; tiny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#m1)
2. In «teeny-weeny» or «teeny-tiny» (informal, childish): extremely small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#m2)
3. Teeny can also mean a tiny bit, as in "a teeny bit more frightened." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x1)
- I only want a teeny piece of cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x2)
- The mouse had teeny pink paws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x3)
- «It's a teeny scratch,» she said, but it was bleeding a lot — tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x4)
- The baby wore teeny socks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x5)
- There was a teeny-weeny spider in the bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x6)
- That's a teeny bit unfair! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x7)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/#x8)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «teeny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teeny/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«teeny» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teeny.html) on Mova free.