ITSY-BITSY


Meaning of ITSY-BITSY in English

it ‧ sy-bit ‧ sy /ˌɪtsi ˈbɪtsi◂/ BrE AmE ( also it‧ty-bit‧ty /ˌɪti ˈbɪti◂/) adjective [only before noun] spoken

[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: little bit ]

very small – used humorously

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THESAURUS

■ very small

▪ tiny very small – used about objects, numbers, or amounts:

a tiny island

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Dairy foods provide your body with a tiny amount of vitamin D.

▪ teeny informal very small - used for emphasis:

I'll just have a teeny bit of cream.

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There's just one teeny little problem.

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a teeny little house

▪ minute extremely small and extremely difficult to see or notice:

They found minute traces of poison in his body.

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The differences are minute.

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minute creatures

▪ miniature a miniature camera, watch, railway etc is made in a very small size. A miniature horse, dog etc is bred to be a very small size:

The spy used a miniature camera.

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the fashion for miniature pets

▪ microscopic extremely small and impossible to see without special equipment:

microscopic organisms

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microscopic particles of dust

▪ minuscule /ˈmɪnəskjuːl, ˈmɪnɪskjuːl/ extremely small in a surprising way:

She was wearing a minuscule bikini.

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The threat from terrorism is minuscule compared to other risks in our lives.

▪ itty-bitty/itsy-bitsy [only before noun] American English informal very small:

An itty-bitty little bug crawled across his forehead.

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We stayed at some itty-bitty hotel in a back street.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.