Midget

/ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(sometimes derogatory) A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison..

Definitions by Sense

1. (sometimes derogatory) A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.
2. (chiefly Canada, US, now rare) Alternative form of midge (“small fly”)
3. (derogatory, offensive) A short person.
4. (attributively, derogatory) Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one.

Example Sentences

the midget pony

By using a midget, skin-tight car of the kind made in Italy the Johannesburger might save himself much tribulation, but he likes large and glittering things, and would rather toil round his city in vain search of a place to put his supercharged, supergrinning Mammalac than use a baby car.

They [children] realize their oughts no less sharply than their crosses; and this even though they are midgets in a land of giants who have forgotten much of their language and whose right is often founded solely on force majeure.

Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.

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