itty-bitty
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5.4
- adjective
- /ˈɪtiˈbɪti/
- Informal
:
chiquitito
- She found an itty-bitty kitten hiding under the porch.
- itty-bitty thing
- itty-bitty baby
- itty-bitty dress
Plus, 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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3.6
Very small in size compared with the usual type
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1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
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8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
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4.8
So small that only a microscope can see it
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4.4
Very small in size or amount
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8.1
Very small in size
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7.5
Very small in size or amount
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6.3
Very small in a way that seems cute
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5.1
Very small in size, like a tiny coin
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4.6
Very small, almost too small to notice
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6.9
Very small in size
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8.6
Very small and often cute, like a tiny kitten
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6.3
A very small thing that is much smaller than usual
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7.7
Very small and hard to see
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2.1
Very small and often looking cute
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5.1
Very small in size, amount, or effect
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9.9
Small and cute like a tiny cup or kitten
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7.7
A person who is smaller and thinner than others
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4.3
Very small and easy to miss
So small that you can only see it with a microscope
An informal word that shows something is small
Very small in size or amount
Very small and cute
So small that you can hardly see it
Very small or unimportant
Small in size or amount, often used in law and food
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
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'.