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tween¹

  • /twiːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Clipping of in between.

preposition

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of 'tween “Skunks first colonized this land in 1794. With the arrival of European settlers, an uneasy truce was established tween man and skunk. Gifts were exchanged. Treaties were struck... and broken. A feud ignited, resulting in the Battle of Skunktown.”

noun tweens

  1. An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening. 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.

verb tweens · tweening · tweened

  1. To generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence so as to give the appearance of smooth movement. The two most important and advanced ingredients of today's animation are tweening and morphing.

tween²

  • /twiːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Blend of teen + between in the sense of "between childhood and adolescence".

noun tweens · 'tween

  1. A child, especially a girl, in the age range between middle childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age. 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.

    Similar: tweenager, tweener, tweenie, betweenager, preadolescent, prepubescent, preteen, preteenager, tween

adjective more tween · most tween · 'tween

  1. Of or relating to tweenagers. I am going to describe a video that threw me into a pit of despair. It begins with a woman running into the aisle of a big-box store and telling a tween boy that she needs phone chargers.

    Similar: tweenage

tween³

  • /twiːn/

Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

Blend of twenty + teen.

noun tweens

  1. rare A number or age in the twenties (plural only), or a person of that age. At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.

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verb to generate intermediate frames in an animated sequence

中文補間 /补间 bǔjiān
Italianointercalare

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@misc{tween_2026,
  title = {tween},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tween},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}