teeny
Syllables: tee·nyUK/ˈtiː.ni//ˈti.ni/
teeny adjective: very small; tiny.
Adjective
Noun
teeny (plural teenies)
- A teenager; a teenybopper.
- We just moved to Belgium, my husband is a naval architect and was sailing and designing sailing yachts since years, I was sailing smaller boats since I was a teeny, both are very interested to get back into active sailing.1999 July 21, Denise Grauzinis, “want to be crew”, in alt.sailing.boats.crew (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
- ahh there we go with that "most teenager"^([sic]) crap again. Its been a while since I was a teeny, but I've met a lot of teens that are a lot more mature than adults I know that are in their 30's and 40's even. Come on with the generalizations already.. do you say thing^([sic]) like "what do you...2000 March 15, Ratbert, “Fucking Idiots Who Shouldn't Be Playing This Game”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Apr 2026
teeny meaning in Malayalam
teeny in Malayalam
- tiny, minuscule, minute
- അതിക്ഷുദ്ര, വളരെ ചെറുതായ, തീരെ ചെറിയ, അരു, വളരെ ചെറിയ, ലഘുവായ
Examples of teeny in a sentence
- Its been a while since I was a teeny, but I've met a lot of teens that are a lot more mature than adults I know that are in their 30's and 40's even.2000 March 15, Ratbert, “Fucking Idiots Who Shouldn't Be Playing This Game”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet), archived from the original on...
- When I was a teeny in the late 80s, I like^([sic]) 50s/60s music like that which you listed below as well as the Beatles.2000 December 9, Absolutely Cynthia Marie, “THE TYPE OF CRAP THAT WAS ON THE RADIO in the early Sixties”, in alt.fan.kinks (Usenet)...
Synonyms of teeny
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Forms of teeny
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | teenier |
| superlative | teeniest |
| Noun | |
| plural | teenies |
| alternative form | teenie |
Origin of teeny
Alteration of tiny, possibly with a childish or fanciful intention. First attested in 1825.
From teen + -y or a clipping of teenybopper.
Words formed from teeny
Phrases with teeny
Words that rhyme with teeny
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- queenie
- queeny
- sheeny
- wahine
- weeny
- zucchini
- Adiabene
- Apamene
- arancini
- Atropatene
- bandikini
- bandini
- bandkini
- beany
- blackberrytini
- blueberrytini
- broccolini
- bucatini
- burkini
- burqini
- camikini
- capellini
- caulini
- cheekini
- chocolatini
- chocotini
- cinnamontini
- coffeetini
- Commagene
- crostini
- damascene
- Datterini
- Emesene
- facekini
- fatkini
- Feeney
- fettuccine
- gingertini
- Gini
- Gogarene
- grissini
- halterini
- halterkini
- Lamborghini
- Laodicene
- lemon drop martini
- limetini
- linguine
Questions about teeny
- What does teeny mean?
- Teeny means very small; tiny.
- What is teeny in Malayalam?
- Teeny in Malayalam is അതിക്ഷുദ്ര, വളരെ ചെറുതായ, തീരെ ചെറിയ. See Teeny meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use teeny in a sentence?
- Its been a while since I was a teeny, but I've met a lot of teens that are a lot more mature than adults I know that are in their 30's and 40's even.
- What part of speech is teeny?
- Teeny can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce teeny?
- Teeny is pronounced /ˈtiː.ni/ (UK).
Words near teeny in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: teeny (page history and authors); teeny (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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