Little

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Small, limited in size.

   “This is a little table.”

2. sıfat Short, limited in extent.

   “It’s only a little ways now.”

3. sıfat Brief, limited in duration.

   “I always feel better after a little sleep.”

4. sıfat Young, limited in growth.

   “Where's the little boys' room?”

5. sıfat Younger, regardless of size or height.

   “You may be an Olympic weightlifter but you're still my little sister.”

6. sıfat Undeveloped or underdeveloped, limited in development, particularly (offensive, of a male) in the genitals.

   “"You are a little, little man," she proclaimed, staring obviously below my waist as she pronounced the second "little." It was almost disappointing. I'd heard that one before, but it still left a new scar each time.”

7. sıfat Small, limited in number, having few members.

   “That's a mighty little herd you've got there.”

8. sıfat Insignificant, trivial, limited in importance.

   “It’s of little importance.”

9. sıfat Weak, inferior, unimportant, etc., used to belittle a person.

   “Listen up, you little shit.”

10. sıfat Denoting a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

    “If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.”

11. sıfat Used with the name of a place to imply that the inhabitants have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.

    “He is the embodiment of Fleet Street bullying, using his newspaper to peddle his Little-England, curtain-twitching Alan Partridgesque view of the world, which manages to combine sanctimonious, pompous moralising and prurient, voyeuristic, judgmental obsession”

12. sıfat Mean, selfish, bigoted, etc., limited in spirit.

    “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”

13. sıfat Independent, limited in scale, especially contrasted with well-organized and well-capitalized cartels controlling most of an industry, market, etc.

    “Little Science vs Big Science... Little Steel vs Big Steel...”

14. zarf Not much.

    “This is a little-known fact: the new model is little faster than the old one.”

15. zarf Not at all.

    “Little did he know that the burglar was creeping upstairs at that very moment.”

16. belirteç Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

    “There is (very) little water left.”

17. zamir Not much; not a large amount.

    “Little is known about his early life.”

18. isim A small amount.

    “I hope the little we've done will be useful.”

19. isim A child, particularly an infant.
20. isim A newly initiated member of a sorority or fraternity, who is mentored by a big.

    “He was there the night of Cristoph's party. All the littles were assigned to their bigs. Ian and Christoph had rushed the same fraternity. When they became upperclassmen, they both ended up on the board.”

21. isim The participant who acts out the younger role.
22. isim One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.

    “People with [dissociative identity] disorder frequently have a younger personality among their distinctive personalities. However, it’s believed that the "little" may not be a separate personality. Instead, it may be a regressed version of the original personality.”

23. isim Ellipsis of little go (“type of examination”).

    “I go up for my Little tomorrow.”

24. özel isim A characteristical surname.
25. özel isim An unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States, named after the local Little family.
26. özel isim An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.