Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Very small; tiny. synonym: small.
  • noun A short time; a little bit.
  • idiom (wee hours) The early hours of the morning right after midnight.
  • noun Urine.
  • intransitive verb To urinate.
  • idiom (go/take a) To urinate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bit.
  • noun A short space of time.
  • Small; little; tiny.
  • An old spelling of we.
  • noun An obsolete form of woe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Colloq. & Scot. Very small; little.
  • noun Obs. or Scot. A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, New Zealand Small, little.
  • noun colloquial, uncountable urine
  • noun colloquial An act of urination.
  • verb colloquial To urinate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective very early
  • adjective (used informally) very small
  • noun a short time
  • verb eliminate urine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English wei, we, a small amount, small, from Old English wǣge, wēg, weight; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Imitative.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English we ("little bit"), from Old English wǣge ("weight"), related to Old English wegan ("to move, weigh") (15c).

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Examples

  • D2 - 23 This little pig went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef, This little piggy had none, This little piggy cried \ "wee, wee, wee\" All the way home.

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  • Maddy smiled, realizing that more than one of the residents had begun using the term wee ever since William had started visiting.

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  • Maddy smiled, realizing that more than one of the residents had begun using the term wee ever since William had started visiting.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Maddy smiled, realizing that more than one of the residents had begun using the term wee ever since William had started visiting.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Maddy smiled, realizing that more than one of the residents had begun using the term wee ever since William had started visiting.

    Dragon Warrior Janet Chapman 2010

  • Now, I hated that movie, but I love me some Dennis Hopper, so that creates what we call a wee bit o 'dissonance.

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  • August 22nd, 2009 10: 46 am ET wee wee, is an expression used in england, when a small child wants to go to the bathroom. mommy i need to go wee wee.

    Ridge condemned for trying to profit from terror alert assertions 2009

  • The stacks that you make her wrap in wee elastic bands and load into the stroller basket to take to the bank.

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  • But to a public that remembers him with intense affection, Pee-wee is indelible.

    Still Pee-wee After All These Years 2007

  • That's only what Papa and I call a wee one before it's born.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

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  • Only as the Scots/Irish variant of 'small'; the euphemism for 'piss' is a bit too prissy for my liking.

    February 22, 2007

  • In the eyes of Mother Goose, what certain little pigs say all the way home or whenever they cannot find their way home.

    (A song for five toes)

    This little pig went to market;

    This little pig stayed at home;

    This little pig had roast beef;

    And this little pig had none;

    This little pig said, "Wee, wee, wee!

    I can't find my way home."

    January 27, 2008