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wheen

wheen

9.9
A small number of people or things
  • noun
  • UK
: un puñado
  • There were only a wheen of people at the gathering.

Examples

  • He brought a wheen of apples from the market for us to share.

  • Just a wheen of changes were made to the original plan.

  • There were a wheen of people at the market.

  • I saw a wheen of ducks swimming in the pond.

  • There were only a wheen of people at the gathering.

  • He brought a wheen of apples from the market for us to share.

  • Just a wheen of changes were made to the original plan.

Synonyms

whit
vswheen
  • Archaic
10 8.6

A very small amount of something

is a small countable number rather than an extremely small amount

How Many

many
∞ 1.0
several
∞ 1.0
wheen
  • UK
9.9
a couple of
∞ 1.0
one
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

wheen singular
wheens plural

Etymology

Wheen comes from Scots and means 'a small number', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of wee ('small'), so a wheen is simply a little number of people or things.