"teeny-weeny" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: teeny-weenier [comparative], teeny-weeniest [superlative]
Etymology: teeny + weeny Etymology templates: {{compound|en|teeny|weeny}} teeny + weeny Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} teeny-weeny (comparative teeny-weenier, superlative teeny-weeniest)
  1. (colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; tiny; minuscule. Tags: childish, colloquial, humorous, often Synonyms: teeny weeny, teensy-weensy Translations (very small): icipici (Hungarian), icike-picike (Hungarian)

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