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(adj)
Very small.
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Small in size.
Very small, diminutive
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
(n)
Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
(derogatory, offensive) A short person.
(informal) Very small; tiny.
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Thin; slim.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
(informal) Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
Having a modest scope or extent.
(often derogatory) Having little or no importance.
Minor; small in amount
Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
(US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A child.
(Internet slang, endearing) A woman or person with feminine traits.
A female child.
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
(v)
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
(biology) Able to swim about freely.
(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
(UK, colloquial) To urinate.
(US, idiomatic, slang) Insignificant or worthless.
A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Amy.
A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.
Very small; teensy.
(uncountable, US printing, typography, dated) A size of type between nonpareil and minion, standardized as 6½-point.
(childish, informal) tiny
(especially of nonhuman animals) Having short hair.
Alternative form of litty-bitty. [Very small.]
Having short hair.
Like (that of) a girl; feminine.
Alternative form of itsy-bitsy. [(colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; minuscule.]
(colloquial, often childish or humorous) Alternative form of teeny-weeny. [(colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; tiny; minuscule.]
(informal) Very feminine
Having a pencil skirt.
A little bit.
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
Alternative spelling of flat-chested. [(of a girl or woman) Having a flat chest; having small breasts.]
A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.
Characteristic of a minx (flirtatious young woman).
slender and graceful
A woman, a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
Alternative spelling of pixyish. [Like a pixy or pixie.]
Wearing a skirt.
A finch of species Coccopygia melanotis, found in sub-Saharan Africa.
(Scotland) Unfriendly, irritable, surly.
Wearing a miniskirt.
(rare, informal) Somewhat lesbian.
Resembling or characteristic of a shopgirl.
Alternative form of teensy. [(childish, informal) tiny]
(idiomatic, often childish or humorous) Alternative spelling of teensy-weensy.
A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
(US, informal) Very smart, beautiful, or well-dressed.
(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.
(informal) schoolgirlish
Wearing a microskirt.
Archaic spelling of princess. [A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.]
Synonym of princessy.
Like a sissy.
(sometimes derogatory, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
Misspelling of li'l. [Generic intensifier.]
Designed to appeal to girls.
(informal) Very cute.
(informal) Characteristic of a lesbian.
(informal) Like a duchess; with a superior feminine elegance.
(neologism) One who identifies as partially, but not completely, female.
(obsolete, rare, poetic) sylphlike
Elongated form of sexy.
Dressed in a playsuit.
(usually) The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
(informal) Like a (royal) queen; queenly; queenish.
(informal) Designed for or primarily aimed at children.
(dated, rare) schoolgirlish
(dated) schoolgirlish
(slang, euphemistic or humorous) Sexy.
Like a queen; regal.
A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
(colloquial) Abbreviation of lesbian. [A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.]
(informal, somewhat derogatory) Impractical.
Alternative spelling of girl next door.
Very chic
(rare) sylphic
Alternative spelling of nicey-nicey. [(informal) Nice, especially in an impotent or insincere fashion.]