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WEE
wee
(adjective) very early; “the wee hours of the morning”
bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy
(adjective) (used informally) very small; “a wee tot”
wee
(noun) a short time; “bide a wee”
make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water
(verb) eliminate urine; “Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)
(Scotland, Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
Noun
wee
A short time or short distance.
Etymology 2
Noun
wee (uncountable)
(colloquial, uncountable) Urine.
(colloquial) An act of urination.
Synonyms
• (all senses): wee-wee
• (urine): See urine
• (urination): See urination
Verb
wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past and past participle weed)
(colloquial) To urinate.
Synonyms
• wee-wee, see also urinate
Etymology 3
• see we
Pronoun
wee personal pronoun
obsolete emphatic of we
Anagrams
• Ewe, eew, ewe
Source: Wiktionary
Wee, n. Etym: [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken as synonymous with little. See Way.]
Definition: A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or Scot.]
Wee, a.
Definition: Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.] A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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