dinky
- noun a small locomotive
dinkey.
- adjective satellite small and insignificant
- we stayed in a dinky old hotel
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ducky
- noun a special loved one
favourite; deary; favorite; pet; dearie; darling.
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dumpy
- adjective resembling a garbage dump
- adjective satellite short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
squat; squatty; low-set; chunky; stumpy.
- some people seem born to be square and chunky
- a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
- dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
- a little church with a squat tower
- a squatty red smokestack
- a stumpy ungainly figure
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circumstantiations
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spunky
- adjective satellite showing courage
feisty; plucky.
- the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
- adjective satellite willing to face danger
gritty; mettlesome; gamy; spirited; game; gamey.
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sleighers
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piddly
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titchy
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toerag
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weeny
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; bittie.
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scrubby
- adjective satellite sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
scrabbly.
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrawny.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
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frolicker
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squeaky
- adjective satellite having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge
screechy; screaky; squeaking; squealing.
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puisny
Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. R. A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.
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weasel
- noun a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
- noun small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
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twirp
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
twit; twerp.
- verb make a weak, chirping sound
tweet.
- the small bird was tweeting in the tree
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dandy
- noun a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
gallant; clotheshorse; fop; beau; swell; dude; sheik; fashion plate.
- noun a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
yawl.
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maximins
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teensy
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
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rugrat
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pert
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
impertinent; saucy; irreverent.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
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nifty
- adjective satellite very good
groovy; dandy; corking; bully; not bad; swell; smashing; great; keen; slap-up; neat; cracking; peachy; bang-up.
- he did a bully job
- a neat sports car
- had a great time at the party
- you look simply smashing
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sensorium
- noun the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
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mangy
- adjective satellite having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
mangey.
- a mangy carpet
- a mangy old fur coat
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wretched
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; execrable; deplorable; woeful.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite characterized by physical misery
miserable.
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
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wearish
Weak; withered; shrunk. Obs. "A
wearish hand."
Ford. A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature. Burton.
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crud
- noun heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
filth; skank.
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teeny
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
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twirp
- noun someone who is regarded as contemptible
twit; twerp.
- verb make a weak, chirping sound
tweet.
- the small bird was tweeting in the tree
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nuggety
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squirmer
- noun one who can't stay still (especially a child)
wiggler; wriggler.
- the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips
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weensy
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; teensy; itty-bitty; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
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plucky
- adjective marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; it was a gutsy thing to do"
gutsy.
- you have to admire her
- the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist
- a gutsy red wine
- adjective satellite showing courage
spunky; feisty.
- the champion is faced with a feisty challenger
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snug
- noun a small secluded room
snuggery; cubby; cubbyhole.
- adjective satellite offering safety; well protected or concealed
- a snug harbor
- a snug hideout
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yap
- noun informal terms for the mouth
maw; gob; trap; cakehole; hole.
- verb bark in a high-pitched tone
yip; yelp.
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jaunty
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
rakish; spiffy; natty; snappy; raffish; dashing; spruce; dapper.
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
- adjective satellite having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
chipper; debonaire; debonair.
- looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton
- life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds
- walked with a jaunty step
- a jaunty optimist
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scroungy
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britzska
A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.
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chubby
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
plump; embonpoint.
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
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spiffy
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
rakish; natty; snappy; raffish; dashing; spruce; dapper; jaunty.
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
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scrawny
- adjective satellite being very thin
underweight; boney; scraggy; skinny; weedy.
- a child with skinny freckled legs
- a long scrawny neck
- adjective satellite inferior in size or quality
stunted; scrubby.
- scrawny cattle
- scrubby cut-over pine
- old stunted thorn trees
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oedipus
- noun (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex; King Oedipus.
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wattlebird
(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochæra and allied genera of the family Meliphagidæ. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands. ✍ The best-known species (Anthochæra carunculata) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also wattled crow, wattled bee-eater, wattled honey eater. Another species (A. inauris) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus Anellobia, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species (A. mellivora) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also goruck creeper.
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ferrety
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cheeky
- adjective satellite offensively bold
brash; nervy.
- a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club
- a nervy thing to say
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finnicky
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cut
- noun a share of the profits
- everyone got a cut of the earnings
- noun (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt
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grubby
- noun small sculpin of the coast of New England
Myxocephalus aenaeus.
- adjective infested with grubs
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bratty
- adjective satellite (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly
brattish.
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yappers
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piffling
- adjective satellite (informal) small and of little importance
little; petty; footling; niggling; trivial; piddling; fiddling; picayune; lilliputian.
- a fiddling sum of money
- a footling gesture
- our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
- a little (or small) matter
- a dispute over niggling details
- limited to petty enterprises
- piffling efforts
- giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
- verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
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saucy
- adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
impertinent; irreverent; pert.
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
- adjective satellite improperly forward or bold
impudent; wise; overbold; impertinent; fresh; sassy; smart.
- don't be fresh with me
- impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
- an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
- Don't get wise with me!
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squall
- noun sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
- verb make high-pitched, whiney noises
wawl; waul.
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runty
- adjective satellite well below average height
sawed-off; sawn-off; pint-sized; pint-size.
- adjective satellite (used especially of persons) of inferior size
shrimpy; puny.
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fuzzballs
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tinkly
- adjective satellite like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
tinkling.
- sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal
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tike
- noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Goth; boor; tyke; barbarian; peasant; churl.
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
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mingy
- adjective satellite (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
tight; miserly; mean.
- a mean person
- he left a miserly tip
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chirp
- noun a sharp sound made by small birds or insects
- verb make high-pitched sounds
cheep; peep; chirrup.
- the birds were chirping in the bushes
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squirmy
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poky
- noun a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
slammer; pokey; gaol; jail; jailhouse; clink.
- adjective satellite wasting time
dilatory; laggard; pokey.
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teensy
- adjective satellite (used informally) very small
itsy-bitsy; bitty; itty-bitty; weensy; wee; teensy-weensy; teentsy; teeny; teeny-weeny; weeny; bittie.
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piggy
- noun a young pig
shote; piglet; shoat.
- adjective satellite resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
hoggish; swinish; piggish; porcine.
- piggish table manners
- the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
- swinish slavering over food
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fiddly
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bopeep
- noun a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
peekaboo.
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twiddly
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cagey
- adjective satellite showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
cagy; canny; clever.
- a cagey lawyer
- too clever to be sound
- adjective satellite characterized by great caution and wariness
cagy; chary.
- a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
- chary of the risks involved
- a chary investor
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weazen
Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face. They were weazen and shriveled. Dickens.
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doohickey
- noun something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
gubbins; gismo; thingumabob; whatchamacallit; doodad; thingumajig; widget; whatsis; thingamabob; thingummy; thingmabob; whatchamacallum; doojigger; thingamajig; gimmick; thingmajig; gizmo.
- she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket
- there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use
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fussy
- adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
crabby; grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; bad-tempered; grumpy.
- adjective satellite overcrowded or cluttered with detail
busy.
- a busy painting
- a fussy design
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josh
- verb be silly or tease one another
banter; chaff; jolly; kid.
- After we relaxed, we just kidded around
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wizen
- adjective satellite lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
withered; shriveled; wizened; shrivelled; shrunken.
- the old woman's shriveled skin
- he looked shriveled and ill
- a shrunken old man
- a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie
- he did well despite his withered arm
- a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
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seether
A pot for boiling things; a boiler. Like burnished gold the little seether shone. Dryden.
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cosy
- noun a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
tea cosy; tea cozy; cozy.
- adjective satellite enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
snug; cozy.
- a cozy nook near the fire
- snug in bed
- a snug little apartment
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pipsqueaks
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game
- noun a contest with rules to determine a winner
- you need four people to play this game
- noun a single play of a sport or other contest
- the game lasted two hours
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tyke
- noun a native of Yorkshire
- noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
Goth; boor; barbarian; peasant; churl; tike.
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cruddy
- adjective satellite characterized by obscenity
smutty; nasty; filthy; foul.
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes
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chicane
- noun a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- noun a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
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reck
To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. Archaic This son of mine not recking danger. Sir P. Sidney.
And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. Burns.
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chubby
- adjective satellite sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
plump; embonpoint.
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
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Collocation words for "little" are words related to "little" by occurring either before (prefix words) or after "little" (suffix words) in common language usage across multiple media. The words assembled above can be filtered by parts of speech (i.e) nouns, verbs, describing adjectives and adverbs, or by their positive or negative vibes, frequency in usage, whether they are prefix words or suffix words for "little" or by the count of syllables each word has.
