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twee | tween |

As an adjective twee

is (british|pejorative) overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

As a noun tween is

(animation) an action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening or tween can be 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.

As a verb tween is

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

twee

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British, pejorative) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
    • Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.

    Synonyms

    * precious * saccharine * syrupy

    Related terms

    * twee pop

    Quotations

    * 1999:' Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit '''twee . . . they stood out a mile in the market place at that time. — Janet Foster, ''Docklands: Urban Change and Conflict in a Community in Transition ISBN 1857282744, p. 82 * 2001:' Forget the clichéd image of ''Brigadoon'' and shortbread tins, the dreadfully '''twee tartan tat and Celtic kitsch that, sadly, still exists in the 21st century, and is too often passed off as a genuine Highland experience. — Alan Murphy, ''Scotland Highlands & Islands Handbook: The Travel Guide ISBN 1900949946, p. 11 * 2002:' As always with Disney, there are moments when it all seems a bit '''twee , others when it is excessively PC. — Peter Ellison, ''Folens Models for Writing: Essential Non-fiction ISBN 1843032317, p. 40 * 2005:' I just wouldn’t have felt comfortable saying, "I am a duckbilled platypus, and this is how I find my shrimps." I think it would have been '''twee . — Richard Dawkins, ''Darwin's Rottweiler (interview) Discover magazine 2005-09-08

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    tween

    English

    (wikipedia tween)

    Etymology 1

    Contraction of between.

    Noun

    (s)
  • (animation) An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.
  • * 2004 , Andy Anderson, Mark Del Lima, Steve Johnson, Show Me Macromedia Flash MX 2004 , page 237,
    • Because the results of a shape tween' can be unpredictable, you can set shape hints to let Flash know how to proceed with the ' tween .
  • * 2009 , Keith Butters, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Flash CS4 Professional , page 186,
    • A tween' is a method of creating animation, where you tell Flash where to start and where to end, and Flash does all the work in the middle. There are three types of ' tweens : Classic, Shape, and Motion.
  • * 2009 , Rich Shupe, Learning Flash CS4 Professional , page 129,
    • If you select the frames first, they will be replaced by the copied tween .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cinematography) To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement.
  • * 2004 , D. P. Mukherjee, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics and Multimedia , page 117,
    • The two most important and advanced ingredients of today's animation are tweening and morphing.
  • * 2005 , Ellen Finkelstein, Gurdy Leete, Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies , page 191,
    • Simple motion tweening' moves your objects in a straight line from here to there.You can also combine frame-by-frame animation with ' tweened animation.
  • * 2012 , Christopher Griffith, Real-World Flash Game Development , 2nd Edition, page 113,
    • The first parameter is the object that you want to tween , and the second parameter is the amount of time you want it to take in seconds.
    Derived terms
    * tweener

    Etymology 2

    .

    Cardinal number

    (s)
  • (nonce word) A number in the twenties, or from 23 to 32.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , title=The Fellowship of the Ring , author=JRR Tolkien , page=44 , year=1955 (1974) , passage=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.}}

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (s)
  • 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.
  • * 2002 March 2, Billboard , Volume 114, Number 9, page 70,
    • When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
  • * 2004 , Lisa Johnson, Andrea Learned, Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy--And How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market , page 5,
    • This grade school thinking forgets that tweens are one of the most sophisticated groups of consumers in the marketplace, and that kids this age have zero tolerance for being treated like children.
  • * 2011', Hollie Smith, ''You and Your '''Tween : Managing the years from 9 to 13 , Netmums, unnumbered page,
    • However, if we worry too much about feeding our tweens , and if we show them we're worried, we could be passing on some unhealthy messages.
    Derived terms
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    Synonyms
    * pre-teen

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