pint-sized

adjective

Comparatively small in size.

Meanings

adjectivepint-sized (comparative more pint-sized, superlative most pint-sized)

comparative more pint-sized · superlative most pint-sized

  1. colloquialComparatively small in size.
    1 more example

    22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttps://web.archive.org/web/20120323195428/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewell below average height

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian мъничък
  • мъничък (măničăk)Translations
Māori ringatahi
  • ringatahiTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

pint-sized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pint-sized

MLA

“pint-sized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pint-sized. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pint-sized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pint-sized.

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