"wee" meaning in English

See wee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /wiː/ Audio: en-us-wee.ogg [US] Forms: wee [positive], weer [comparative], weest [superlative]
enPR: wē Head templates: {{adj|wee|weer|weest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A wee bit, boy, while etc. is a very small one.
    Sense id: simple-wee-en-adj-fV9gtYiy Categories (other): Attributive modifiers, Colloquial

Verb

IPA: /wiː/ Audio: en-us-wee.ogg [US] Forms: wee [canonical], wees [third-person, singular], weed [past], weed [past, participle], weeing [present, participle]
enPR: wē Head templates: {{verb|wee|wees|weed|weed|weeing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If an animal wees, it passes waste liquid from its body.
    Sense id: simple-wee-en-verb-eeMR1zkK Categories (other): Colloquial, Verbs
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