wee

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/wiː/

noun 4adj 1verb 1pron 1name 1

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(noun.)

VERB + WEE

do, have, take

be bursting for, need, want

After the long car journey, the children were bursting for a wee.

go for

Before we left the restaurant, my son needed to go for a wee.

Definitions

adj

Small, little.

You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.

The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.

noun

A short time or short distance.

noun

Urine.

An act of urination.

I need to have a wee.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — eliminate urine

make
urinate
piddle
puddle
micturate
piss
pee
pee-pee

adjective — (used informally) very small

bitty
bittie
teensy
teentsy
teeny
weeny
weensy
teensy-weensy

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.

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The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.

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Was anyone hurted? Sure, they were just trailin' theirselves off the ground. Ye wud have died larfin'. There's Jimmy Hanlon was never his own man since, and I had me nose broke on me—I find it yet—and

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I need to have a wee.

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I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!

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When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, wee is marked as obsolete, colloquial, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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