teeny
/ˈtiːni
/adjective (teenier, teeniest) informal
Tiny: a teeny bit of criticism...
- Most of them started out as teeny tiny babies, after all.
- Somehow, his voice made her feel a very, very, very teeny tiny bit of homesickness.
- Over a low flame, add teeny tiny bits of butter one at a time, turning slowly with a fork.
Synonyms
tiny, minuscule, microscopic, very small, little, diminutive;
micro, miniature, nanoscopic, baby, toy, midget, dwarf, pygmy, Lilliputian;
Scottish wee
informal teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, weeny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, eensy, eensy-weensy, tiddly, pint-sized, bite-sized, knee-high to a grasshopper
British informal titchy, ickle
North American informal little-bitty
Origin
Early 19th century: variant of tiny.
Rhymes
- you (can) catch more flies with honey than (with) vinegar
- you can lead (or take) a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can say that again!
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- you can't have your cake and eat it (too)
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up
- you'd
- you don't say (or you don't say so)!
- Youghiogheny River
- you have no idea
- you haven't lived!
- youing
- you know
- you know something (or what)?