Definitions

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

  • preposition Between.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A contraction of between.

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

  • phrase between
  • phrase animation To tween

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

  • adverb in between

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Examples

  • And if you use the word 'tween,' I'm going to puke.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC WILSON 2011

  • Best of all is "Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)," a bristling revenge anthem ("Hope that she Kim Kardashian'd her way up/Don't know the difference 'tween a touchdown and a layup") that's the funniest, liveliest thing here.

    Album review: Marsha Ambrosius, "Late Nights & Early Mornings" 2011

  • Best of all is "Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)," a bristling revenge anthem ("Hope that she Kim Kardashian'd her way up/Don't know the difference 'tween a touchdown and a layup") that's the funniest, liveliest thing here.

    Album review: Marsha Ambrosius's 'Late Nights & Early Mornings' 2011

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