Definition of wee
1 : very small : diminutive
2 : very early wee hours of the morning
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Examples of wee in a Sentence
He's just a wee lad.
Recent Examples of wee from the Web
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The demands of her fulltime job, working on her master's degree in musicology, and her long-running weekly radio show are the reasons Weber, 41, is giving up the weekly gig that ran into the wee hours.
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The short answer is that police officers have long worked odd hours, but the options for food in the wee hours haven't always been plentiful.
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There’s a real party atmosphere here, with food being served until the wee hours on the weekends.
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Whoever was handling Merriam-Webster's Twitter account apparently woke up in the wee hours of Wednesday and checked Twitter.
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Dillon, competing in his 133rd Cup race, took advantage of Jimmie Johnson’s misfortune to win the Coca-Cola 600 in the wee hours of Monday morning.
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After the team returned from Boston in the wee hours Friday morning, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue didn't go to bed and immediately began working on a game plan to stifle Golden State's powerful, multi-faceted offense.
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Four thieves drove a truck with a large trailer into a parking lot in the wee hours of Tuesday morning and stole a bronze statue weighing approximately 700 pounds that depicts two Mormon prophets sitting on a park bench in midconversation.
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Bucking considerable speculation, Apple chose neither May 9 nor 19 to bring out the little laptop the whole world has been wanting, announcing the all-new MacBook in the wee hours of this morning (at least by West Coast standards).
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Origin and Etymology of wee
Middle English we, from we, noun, little bit, from Old English wǣge weight; akin to Old English wegan to move, weigh — more at way
First Known Use: 15th century
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Medical Definition of WEE
western equine encephalitis; western equine encephalomyelitis
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