wee
Plural: wees
Noun
- A short period of time.
- a short time
- "bide a wee"
- A short time or short distance.
- Urine.
- An act of urination.
Verb
- eliminate urine
- To urinate.
Adjective Satellite
- (used informally) very small
- "a wee tot"
- very early
- "the wee hours of the morning"
Adj
- Small, little.
Pron
- obsolete emphatic of we
Adjective
- Very small or tiny.
Examples
- Despite its wee size, ’WEE’ can open up crucial spots for longer words.
- He only needed a wee to find a triple word score.
- I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!
- You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Synonyms
bittie, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, urinate, wee-wee, weensy, weeny, urination, urine
Scrabble Score: 6
wee: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwee: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wee: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary