mini

Miniature, tiny, small.

Adjective

  1. Miniature, tiny, small.

Origin

From the prefix mini-.

Derived

mini- double mini trampoline mini band mini beans mini CD mini digger mini ephedrine mini excavator mini hi-fi mini hi-fi system Mini Magellanic Cloud mini mastiff mini-organizational mini rugby mini skip mini stereo mini stereo system mini stroke mini tower

Noun

  1. Abbreviation of miniskirt.
    • All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire. […] Most important is rolling your skirt so that it is a virtual mini […] - 2010, Donna Freitas, The...
  2. Abbreviation of minicomputer.
    • Micros will move upwards to where they have the same power and speed as today's minis. - 1975 June 25, Computerworld, page 20:
    • Time sharing will be done by the mini because time sharing (the bulk of which is simple text editing) is the wrong thing to do on a maxi and the right thing on a mini. - 1976, E. Salkovitz, “Science, Technology, and the...
  3. Abbreviation of miniature (“small figurine of a character”).
    • You can add to the realism by painting your minis accurately.
  4. A very young dancer.
  5. A small bottle of perfume.
    • In addition to decants, minis, and used bottles of vintage, perfume nips are a fun way to try out vintage, and they seem to be all over the Internet. - 2013, Barbara Herman, Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of...

Origin

Abbrevations.

Forms

minis

Related

mini- miniature minimum minor

Derived

micromini