tween
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[edit] English
[edit] 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.
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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:
[edit] 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.
- A person who is in his or her twenties. (Derived from German zwanziger.)
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[edit] 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
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