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itsy-bitsy

adj
/ˈɪtsi ˈbɪtsi/

Etymology

From itty (baby-talk form of little) and/or bitsy.

Definitions

  1. Very small

    Very small; minuscule.

    • The itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
    • She wore an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini.
    • So if five noahs got trapped in that itsy bitsy net, then how many are out there along the other 20 miles of beaches?

  2. A very small thing

    A very small thing; something tiny or insignificant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for itsy-bitsy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA