itty-bitty
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5.4
- adjective
- /ˈɪtiˈbɪti/
- Informal
- She found an itty-bitty kitten hiding under the porch.
- itty-bitty thing
- itty-bitty baby
- itty-bitty dress
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Watch on YouTubePlus, she makes them in these little itty bitty containers.
- Plus, she makes them in these little itty bitty containers.
- And I have to show you this itty bitty handbag.
- So this is just a nice tiny, itty bitty, beautiful little smudger.
- I am team itty bitty committee now.
- OK, an itty bitty little like kind of brow set situation.
- I did a whole podcast on this that that that gets into the itty bitty nuances of this.
- So these are three times more soil than each one of these little itty bitty cells here.
- And I'm talking about the girls with like the, you know, itty bitty waist and like the huge banal.
- I I was a poor little clown all by her itty bitty self.
- But like I said, I just think my little itty bitty brain couldn't, couldn't do it.
Examples
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Every little itty-bitty thing that she gets, we fight for tooth and nail.
Academic text (2000) -
Just two big fish in an itty-bitty pond.
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"There looks like an itty-bitty problem here," she said to herself.
Fiction book (1992) -
Little itty-bitty pig, could you come here, please?
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Did you get the itty-bitty spare ribs?
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It's an itty-bitty thing, but it shoots real bullets.
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Oh yeah it's nothing major, just a little itty bitty change.
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Those itty-bitty box turtles that we thought we lost in the fire?
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Now this wand is so itty bitty, but it is perfect.
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I am always amazed at how they pack so much flavor into such an itty bitty package.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Small in size or amount, often used to show care
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5.1
Very small in size, amount, or effect
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3.6
Very small in size compared with the usual type
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7.5
Very small in size or amount
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1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
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4.8
So small that only a microscope can see it
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8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
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9.8
An informal word that shows something is small
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8.1
Very small in size
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4.6
Very small, almost too small to notice
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4.4
Very small in size or amount
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5.1
Very small in size, like a tiny coin
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2.1
Very small and often looking cute
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6.3
Very small in a way that seems cute
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
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6.9
Very small in size
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6.3
A very small thing that is much smaller than usual
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8.6
Very small and often cute, like a tiny kitten
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7.7
Very small and hard to see
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7.7
A person who is smaller and thinner than others
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7.1
Small in size or amount, often used in law and food
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9.9
Small and cute like a tiny cup or kitten
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7.9
Very small and cute
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9.9
Very small or unimportant
So small that you can only see it with a microscope
Very small in size or amount
So small that you can hardly see it
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Itty-bitty comes from playful child speech that repeats small-sounding parts like itty and bitty, similar to itsy-bitsy and teeny-weeny. So itty-bitty is an easy, fun way to say 'very small' or 'tiny'.