noun
Meaning 1
A small person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tiddler
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noun
Meaning 2
A small fish, especially a stickleback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a young person of either sex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person
Narrower terms: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, kiddy, orphan, peanut, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny, poster child, preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener, silly, sprog, toddler, yearling, tot, bambino, urchin, waif, street child
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дребосък (drebosǎk) — small person
- Icelandic: rollingur — small person
- Icelandic: gríslingur — small person
- Icelandic: kríli — small person
- Bulgarian: дребна риба (drebna riba) — small fish
- Icelandic: hornsíli — small fish
- Irish: snáthaid mhara — small fish