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wee.

Small, little.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/wiː/
  1. Small, little.

    Ireland · New-Zealand · Northern-England · Scotland
    You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

noun/wiː/
  1. A short time or short distance.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).

noun/wiː/
  1. Urine.

    colloquial · uncountable
  2. An act of urination.

    colloquial · countable
    I need to have a wee.
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

verb/wiː/
  1. To urinate.

    UK · colloquial
    I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!
Where this word comes from

Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

intj/wiː/
  1. Alternative form of whee.

    alt-of · alternative
  2. The squeal of a pig.

pron/wiː/
  1. obsolete emphatic of we

    alt-of · emphatic · obsolete · personal · pronoun
Where this word comes from

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