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wee  (w)
adj. we·er, we·est
1. Very small; tiny. See Synonyms at small.
2. Very early: the wee hours of the morning.
n. Scots
A short time; a little bit.

[Middle English wei, we, a small amount, small, from Old English wge, wg, weight; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

wee1
adj
very small; tiny; minute
n
Chiefly Scot a short time (esp in the phrase bide a wee.)
[from Old English wǣg weight]

wee2 Brit, Austral, and NZ informal
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology)
a.  the act or an instance of urinating
b.  urine
vb
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (intr) to urinate Also wee-wee
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.weewee - a short time; "bide a wee"          
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
Verb1.weewee - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"
wet - make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
Adj.1.weewee - (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
2.weewee - very early; "the wee hours of the morning"
early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

wee
adjective little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, insignificant, negligible, microscopic, diminutive, minuscule, teeny, itsy-bitsy (informal), teeny-weeny, Lilliputian, titchy (Brit. informal), teensy-weensy, pygmy or pigmy Fancy being so scared of a wee spider!
Translations
wee1 [wiː] ADJ (weer (compar) (weest (superl))) (Scot) → pequeñito, chiquito(LAm)
I was a wee boy when it happenedera pequeñito cuando ocurrió
a wee bit (= small amount) → un poquitín, un poquito
I'm a wee bit worriedestoy un poco inquieto
poor wee thing!¡pobrecito!
we were up till the wee hours (of the morning) or the wee small hoursno nos acostamos hasta las altas horas de la madrugada
wee2 [wiː]
A. Npipí m
to (have a) weehacer pipí
I need a weetengo que hacer pipí
B. VIhacer pipí
wee [ˈwiː]
adj
(Scottish)petit(e)
vi (British)pisser >
n (British)pipi >
I need a wee → Il faut que je fasse pipi.
to have a wee, to go for a wee → faire pipi
wee1
adj (+er) (inf)winzig; (Scot) → klein; a wee bitein kleines bisschen; the wee (small) hours (Brit) → die frühen Morgenstunden

wee2 (Brit inf)
n to have or do/need a weePipi machen/machen müssen (inf)
viPipi machen (inf)
wee [wiː] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (Scot) (fam) → piccolo/a
a wee bit → uno zinzino
wee [wiː] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (Scot) (fam) → piccolo/a
a wee bit → uno zinzino


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