teensy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teensy
Example Sentences
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A teensy stretch of trading weakness this year—a pause in rip-roaring gains, really—has left the valuation looking ordinary, despite a profit outlook that has no equal in history.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
She handed me a teensy, pink-and-green Lady Apple that looked like a toy and tasted like Smarties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
All that said, though, it’s hard not to feel a teensy bit bad for Philly fans after what they endured Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Before he made his final judgment, there was just one teensy item to attend to.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2023
Island was the hair-and-nails crowd, chaperones, and icky boys with all their macho strutting and unbuttoned shirts and hairy chests with gold chains and teensy gold crucifixes.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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