/ wiː; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb
■ adjective ( informal )
1.
(especially ScotE ) very small in size :
a wee girl
2.
small in amount; little :
Just a wee drop of milk for me.
I felt a wee bit guilty about it.
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IDIOMS
- the wee small hours
■ noun (also ˈwee-wee ) ( informal , especially BrE ) (often used by young children or when you are talking to them)
1.
[ sing. ] an act of passing liquid waste (called urine ) from your body :
to do / have a wee
2.
[ U ] = urine :
a puddle of wee
■ verb
[ v ] (also ˈwee-wee ) ( informal , especially BrE ) (often used by young children or when you are talking to them) to pass liquid waste (called urine ) from the body :
Do you need to wee?
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WORD ORIGIN
adjective Middle English (originally a noun use in Scots , usually as a little wee a little bit ): from Old English wēg(e) balance, weight , of Germanic origin.
noun and verb 1930s: imitative.