little league

proper noun

An organization that sponsors and organizes baseball and softball leagues for children.

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Meanings

little league1

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Little League.

Little League2

proper noun
  1. USAn organization that sponsors and organizes baseball and softball leagues for children.
adjectiveLittle League (not comparable)
  1. not comparableslightly derogatoryPetty, amateur, not worth taking seriously.

    If nothing else, I now have the perfect retort to those little league Stalinists who try to insist that homosexuality is bourgeois decadence that doesn't exist under socialism!

    1983 April 16, John Kyper, “Cuba: A Little Sex, No Drugs, and Lotsa Rock 'n Roll”, in Gay Community News, page 9

Origin

little + league. From being a sports league for children (little ones).

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APA

little league. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20league

MLA

“little league.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20league. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “little league,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/little%20league.

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