Tweener

Quick meaning: Tweener is a noun meaning (informal) A tweenager.

Meaning

(informal) A tweenager.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A person or thing that is between two categories, classes or age groups.
2. (sports, chiefly tennis) A shot that is hit between the legs.
3. (cinematography) A person, machine, or piece of software that performs tweening.

Example Sentences

Scout is old enough that her traveling dynamic with Sam isn’t the kid-adult one of “Paper Moon”; it’s more like a tweener with a crush on a college man.

But a half-dozen other movies geared toward the teenage and 'tween girl market – 'tweeners are girls from 8 to 12 years old – have failed to make more than a slight dent at the box office.

So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.

Right now, Mr. Ryan's attention is on the "tweeners," savings and loans that are not obviously "brain dead," in regulatory parlance, and that at the same time are not clear winners – a group with $247 billion in assets.

Word Forms

• tweeners

Synonyms for tweener

Depending on context, synonyms include tween, preteen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tweenie, tweenybopper, betweenager, tweenpreneur, twenteen, teenster.

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