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Definition of tweener in English: tweenernoun ˈtwiːnəˈtwēnər US informal 1A person or thing considered to be in between two other recognized categories or types. 〈美,非正式〉介于两种类别之间的人(或事物) we're a couple of tweeners, born after baby boomers and before generation Xers 我们俩属于生育高峰期和无名一代之间的那一类人。 Example sentencesExamples - He is the classic NBA tweener, shooting a high percentage, but struggling against the bigger bodies down low.
- That has come into vogue and you have players who used to be considered tweeners, really just undersized defensive ends, being projected to what is a need position now.
- He was a bit of a tweener - not really a true point guard or shooting guard at 6'3.
- Smith, a tweener, started three years at left end in the Redhawks' 4-3 defense after beginning his redshirt freshman year at linebacker when that position was depleted by injuries.
- As far as coaching, he qualifies as a coaching tweener: too successful to go back to being an assistant but not seasoned enough to warrant another head coaching job.
- The tweeners found it a rough night in the trenches.
- He is a classic tweener.
- The Pro Bowl team is picked with a 4-3 defense in mind, and Smith - a 3-4 end who would be a tweener on some four-man fronts - ultimately gets snubbed here.
- A tweener who was a 4-3 defensive end in college, Washington signed with the Texans after the draft and was cut at the end of training camp.
- Respect has been hard to come by for the Syracuse product, who was touted as an underachiever in college is expected to be a tweener in the pros.
- He's just what the Knicks need, another tweener who is too slow to play small forward and too soft to play power forward.
- At 6-feet - 10, 240 pounds, he is the definition of a tweener, a small forward buried inside a power forward's body.
- Baxter's a bit of a tweener - not big enough to lead block, not quite fast enough to be the every down back in the NFL, despite his productivity in college.
- He is sort of a tweener, because he could also be in Group Four.
- While both belong in the back end of a rotation, our next three pitchers are tweeners.
- Sizewise, he is what I'd call a tweener.
- He is a classic tweener - an edge rusher who is somewhere between a defensive end and an outside linebacker.
- They felt he was a limited guy, sort of a safety-linebacker tweener who lacked size at linebacker and speed at safety.
- Huber was the prized jewel of the Met system a few years ago, but became a bit of a tweener between catcher and first base in recent years.
- The Texans have added two tweeners, but nothing they have done in the NFL to date suggests that either of these linebackers will upgrade the Houston pass rush.
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another term for tweenager Example sentencesExamples - Seven quick ticks on a stopwatch is all the time they have to win over the world's most discerning consumers: toddlers, grade-schoolers, and tweeners.
- And here it is, gussied up, cleaned off, and served to this goggling tweener / early teen audience as hip.
- All those remote-control toys bought for tweeners get played with for an hour or two and then get sunk into the miasma of a child's bedroom.
- He clearly adores his kids, who are all stalwart, funny and, for tweeners, preternaturally considerate.
- I'd like item and brand suggestions for other beauty/health products that appeal to tweener girls.
Definition of tweener in US English: tweenernounˈtwēnər US informal 1A person or thing considered to be in between two other recognized categories or types. 〈美,非正式〉介于两种类别之间的人(或事物) Price considered him a tweener, too small for a lineman and too big for a linebacker Example sentencesExamples - The Texans have added two tweeners, but nothing they have done in the NFL to date suggests that either of these linebackers will upgrade the Houston pass rush.
- While both belong in the back end of a rotation, our next three pitchers are tweeners.
- The Pro Bowl team is picked with a 4-3 defense in mind, and Smith - a 3-4 end who would be a tweener on some four-man fronts - ultimately gets snubbed here.
- He is a classic tweener - an edge rusher who is somewhere between a defensive end and an outside linebacker.
- Sizewise, he is what I'd call a tweener.
- He is a classic tweener.
- At 6-feet - 10, 240 pounds, he is the definition of a tweener, a small forward buried inside a power forward's body.
- The tweeners found it a rough night in the trenches.
- They felt he was a limited guy, sort of a safety-linebacker tweener who lacked size at linebacker and speed at safety.
- Baxter's a bit of a tweener - not big enough to lead block, not quite fast enough to be the every down back in the NFL, despite his productivity in college.
- A tweener who was a 4-3 defensive end in college, Washington signed with the Texans after the draft and was cut at the end of training camp.
- He is sort of a tweener, because he could also be in Group Four.
- He is the classic NBA tweener, shooting a high percentage, but struggling against the bigger bodies down low.
- That has come into vogue and you have players who used to be considered tweeners, really just undersized defensive ends, being projected to what is a need position now.
- Smith, a tweener, started three years at left end in the Redhawks' 4-3 defense after beginning his redshirt freshman year at linebacker when that position was depleted by injuries.
- Respect has been hard to come by for the Syracuse product, who was touted as an underachiever in college is expected to be a tweener in the pros.
- As far as coaching, he qualifies as a coaching tweener: too successful to go back to being an assistant but not seasoned enough to warrant another head coaching job.
- Huber was the prized jewel of the Met system a few years ago, but became a bit of a tweener between catcher and first base in recent years.
- He's just what the Knicks need, another tweener who is too slow to play small forward and too soft to play power forward.
- He was a bit of a tweener - not really a true point guard or shooting guard at 6'3.
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short for tweenager Example sentencesExamples - He clearly adores his kids, who are all stalwart, funny and, for tweeners, preternaturally considerate.
- I'd like item and brand suggestions for other beauty/health products that appeal to tweener girls.
- All those remote-control toys bought for tweeners get played with for an hour or two and then get sunk into the miasma of a child's bedroom.
- And here it is, gussied up, cleaned off, and served to this goggling tweener / early teen audience as hip.
- Seven quick ticks on a stopwatch is all the time they have to win over the world's most discerning consumers: toddlers, grade-schoolers, and tweeners.
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