"tweenie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-tweenie.ogg [Australia] Forms: tweenies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tweenie (plural tweenies)
  1. (informal) A child who is not quite old enough to be a teenager; a tweenager. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-tweenie-en-noun-IuqbN2gv Disambiguation of Children: 56 18 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 25 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 19 30
  2. (tennis) A shot that is hit between the legs; a tweener. Categories (topical): Tennis
    Sense id: en-tweenie-en-noun-GiLow52s Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
  3. (slang) A 650-watt fresnel motion picture lighting instrument first manufactured by the Mole-Richardson Company. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-tweenie-en-noun-s46AlA4l Disambiguation of People: 25 25 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: preteen

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tweenie meaning in English (2.5kB)

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