pint-sized
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pint-sized
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Fans have expressed growing concern for her health, particularly after Friday's release of a music video for "Petal" in which the pint-sized singer appears to have lost significant weight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
And he also voiced Punch Up, a pint-sized supervillain, in last year's critically acclaimed video game Dispatch.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Laura McVay, who works in palliative care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said the big cat snatched her brown 5½-year-old, pint-sized shih tzu named Declan around 11:30 p.m. mere “feet away from the door.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Admittedly, I was a terror, a pint-sized Krampus there to make the holidays that much more of a hassle.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
There I was, the pint-sized, muscled girl in the swirly black-and-pearl-white leo, my hair neatly cornrowed into a topknot.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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