Pronunciations
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/wiː/
Adjective
Small, little.
Usage- Ireland
- New-Zealand
- Northern-England
- Scotland
- Examples
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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.
More examples (3)
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 some says there was a wee girl from Tanderagee got herself killed.
I had not seen a wee boy do it like that before. He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
"I suppose my first objective was to try and help a department, which was very much civil servants who are rotating around on a regular basis, to try and understand public transport a wee bit better and try and understand what was required to run a bus and rail network," muses Conway.
Noun
A short time or short distance.
Noun
Urine.
Usage- Colloquial
- Uncountable
An act of urination.
Usage- Colloquial
- Countable
- Examples
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I need to have a wee.
More examples (1)
Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).
Verb
To urinate.
Usage- UK usage
- Colloquial
- Synonyms
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I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!
When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.
Interjection
The squeal of a pig.
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Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee! I can't find my way home!"
Adjective
(used informally) little or tiny
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a wee tot
very early
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the wee hours of the morning
Noun
a short time
- Broader terms
- Examples
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bide a wee
Verb
eliminate urine
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Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug