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Teensy

//ˈtin.si// adj, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    tiny childish, informal

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used informally) little or tiny wordnet

Etymology

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

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