Eeny

adj, adv, slang

adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    minuscule informal, not-comparable

    "Can you put an eeny bit of mustard on my hot dog?"

  2. 2
    Holey, cellular. British, dialectal, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Pronunciation spelling of any. alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Adverb
  1. 1
    With most, almost dialectal, not-comparable

    "He eeny most had enough to eat."

  2. 2
    Only dialectal, not-comparable

    "He's eeny just come home."

Synonyms

All synonyms
bittyitsy bitsyitsy bitsyittyteenyteeny weeny

Example

More examples

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. My mother told me to catch the very best one and you are not it."

Etymology

Possibly from teeny weeny.

Related phrases

eeny-weeny

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