tween
See also 'tween
English
Etymology
- (Twenties): A blend of twenty and -teen.
- (Pre-teen): A blend of teen(ager) and between.
- (In animation): Verbal use of the preposition (be)tween.
Cardinal number
tween (plural tweens)
- (nonce word) A number in the twenties, or from 23 to 32.
- 1955 (1974), JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, page 44:
- At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and the coming of age at thirty-three.
- 1955 (1974), JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, page 44:
Noun
tween (plural tweens)
- A person who is neither a young child nor an adolescent, one of an age in the range of 8 to 12 years old or a similar range.
- 2002, Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)
- When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
- 2002, Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)
- A person who is in his or her twenties.
See also
Verb
tween (third-person singular simple present tweens, present participle tweening, simple past and past participle tweened)
- (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement
Related terms
Translations
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