tween

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Cardinal number 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[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.

[edit] Cardinal number

tween (plural tweens)

1. (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.

[edit] Noun

tween (plural tweens)

1. 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.

[edit] See also

• pre-teen

[edit] Verb

to tween (third-person singular simple present tweens, present participle tweening, simple past and past participle tweened)

1. (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement

[edit] Related terms

• tweener

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eentw
• wente