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Wee  Word Origin Small Verb Wiː  Example Bank

Front wee
Back wee
adjective, noun, verb
BrE /wiː/
NAmE /wiː/
adjective
 word origin
 example bank
(informal)
1 (especially ScotE) very small in size

a wee girl
2 small in amount; little

Just a wee drop of milk for me.
I felt a wee bit guilty about it.

the wee small ˈhours (ScotE)
(NAmE the wee ˈhours)
= the small/early hours at hour
noun
 word origin
 example bank
(also ˈwee-wee)
(informal, especially BrE) (often used by young children or when you are talking to them)
1 [singular] an act of passing liquid waste (called urine) from your body
to do/have a wee
2 [uncountable] = urine
a puddle of wee
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
(also ˈwee-wee)
[intransitive] (informal, especially BrE) (often used by young children or when you are talking to them)
to pass liquid waste (called
urine) from the body
Do you need to wee?

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