"weeny" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwiːni/ Audio: En-au-weeny.ogg [Australia] Forms: weenier [comparative], weeniest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːni Etymology: Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y Etymology templates: {{m|en|wee|}} wee, {{m|en|-y|}} -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} weeny (comparative weenier, superlative weeniest)
  1. (childish) Minuscule. Tags: childish Categories (topical): Genitalia, Size Derived forms: eeny-weeny, teeny-weeny, weeny-bopper
    Sense id: en-weeny-en-adj-7b5qWxkv Disambiguation of Genitalia: 48 44 7 Disambiguation of Size: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 20 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 86 13 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 24 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwiːni/ Audio: En-au-weeny.ogg [Australia] Forms: weenies [plural]
Rhymes: -iːni Etymology: From German wiener (“of Vienna”). The penis term is from its resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|wiener||of Vienna}} German wiener (“of Vienna”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} weeny (plural weenies)
  1. A wiener, a hot dog. Categories (topical): Genitalia
    Sense id: en-weeny-en-noun-TqbDHNHZ Disambiguation of Genitalia: 48 44 7
  2. (slang) A penis Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-weeny-en-noun-1yTSlWNl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for weeny meaning in English (3.7kB)

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