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
Things seem a teensy bit off in the opulent Long Island manor to which we are introduced at the start of “The Housemaid.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Pet stores stock many of the supplies needed to do this—but they also sell teensy enclosures that they claim your crab “will feel perfectly at home in.”
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
“Their biting parts are too weak to penetrate human skin and their venom is designed to kill teensy insects,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2023
When I asked Mom about it, she admitted that yes, she and Dad had a teensy bit of technical difficulty with the van.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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