- pint-sized
- adjective see pint-size
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pint-sized
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pint-sized — adj [only before noun] small usually used humorously ▪ the pint sized child star … Dictionary of contemporary English
pint-sized — pint size UK / US or pint sized UK [ˈpaɪnt ˌsaɪzd] / US adjective informal very small … English dictionary
pint-sized — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ very small … English terms dictionary
pint-sized — adjective well below average height • Syn: ↑pint size, ↑runty, ↑sawed off, ↑sawn off • Similar to: ↑short, ↑little • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pint-sized — mod. small; miniature. □ I won’t fit into one of those pint sized cars. □ My car is not pint sized. □ Tell that little pint sized guy to beat it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pint-sized — ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe someone or something as pint sized, you think they are smaller than is normal or smaller than they should be. [INFORMAL] Two pint sized kids emerged from a doorway. Syn: diminutive … English dictionary
pint-sized — /ˈpaɪnt saɪzd/ (say puynt suyzd) adjective Colloquial small or insignificant: *Australia has never produced an Olympic gymnastics medallist but a group of pint sized teenage girls are, as their coach puts it, scratching and clawing their way to… …
pint-size or pint-sized — pint ,size or pint sized [ paınt ,saızd ] adjective INFORMAL very small … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pint sized — Synonyms and related words: cramped, dinky, exiguous, half pint, knee high, limited, little, one horse, petite, piddling, pindling, poky, puny, short, slight, small, smallish, two by four … Moby Thesaurus
pint-sized — (also pint size) adjective informal very small … English new terms dictionary
