teensy

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UK/ˈtiːn.si/US/ˈtin.si/

adjective

tiny

“There's only a teensy chance that I'll be able to make your party, as I'm up to my eyeballs in work.”

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incy wincyitsy bitsymicroscopicminusculeminuteteensy weensyteensy-weensyteentsy
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Meanings

adjectiveteensy (comparative teensier, superlative teensiest)

comparative teensier · superlative teensiest

  1. childishinformaltiny

    There's only a teensy chance that I'll be able to make your party, as I'm up to my eyeballs in work.

    Synonyms: incy wincy, itsy bitsy, microscopic, minuscule, minute, teensy weensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetiny

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incy wincyitsy bitsymicroscopicminusculeminuteteensy weensyteensy-weensyteentsyteeny weenytincytincy wincy

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(used informally) little or tiny

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bittybittieteentsyteenyweeweenyweensyteensy-weensyteeny-weenyitty-bittyitsy-bitsysmalllittle
Also see
bittiebittyitsy-bitsylittlesmallteenyteeny-weenytiddlyweeweensyweeny

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Baby-talk alteration of teeny, from tiny, probably modelled after itsy, itsy-bitsy, etc.; see -sy.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

eentsy
Cite this entry
APA

teensy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teensy

MLA

“teensy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teensy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teensy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teensy.

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