Definition von x-small im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Small Computer Systems Interface
- A standard interface and command set for transferring data between devices on a bus
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- An irregular galaxy, a satellite of Milky Way
- a small matter
- Somewhat; slightly; a little
The socket and spindle being a small matter taper.
- big fish in a small pond
- One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization
Dr. Jones could get a professorship at an Ivy League university, but he enjoys being a big fish in a small pond too much to ever leave Hannover College.
- caps and small caps
- Formatting of text that leaves uppercase letters as they are but converts lowercase letters to small caps
- it's a small world
- Used after a coincidence or discovering that two or more people have something in common they didn't know about before
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- Words spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- (used imitatively) A cliché used to exaggerate an accomplishment or milestone
- small
- Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters
- small
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size
He made us all feel small.
- small
- Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back
- small
- In a small fashion
- small
- Young, as a child
Remember when the children were small?.
- small
- Underclothes
- small "d" democrat
- Alternative spelling of small-d democrat
- small "d" democrats
- plural form of small "d" democrat (alternative spelling of small-d democrats)
- small "l" liberal
- Alternative spelling of small-l liberal
- small "r" republican
- Alternative spelling of small-r republican
- small "r" republicans
- plural form of small "r" republican (alternative spelling of small-r republicans)
- small arms
- firearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person; often held in the hand
Example: The helicopter was attacked by small arms fire.
- small ball
- A baseball strategy that relies on baserunning, singles and hitting for average rather than hitting home runs
- small beer
- Beer with a low alcoholic content
- small beer
- Something that is of relatively little importance
The income from gold plated widgets is small beer compared to the income from the standard ones.
- small blind
- The smaller of the forced bets, usually equivalent to half the minimum bet, depending on the variation of poker played
- small blind
- The player forced to pay such a bet
- small business
- A privately-owned and operated business with relatively small turnover and staff numbers, typically seen as constituting part of a specific commercial or economic sector
- small businesses
- plural form of small business
- small caps
- Capital letters A, B, C, ... shown in the same form but in small size (typically of the same size as lower-case letters)
- small change
- A minor or insignificant amount of money
The cost of toothpaste is small change compared to the cost of dental work.
- small change
- Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag
- small circle
- a circle formed by a plane that cuts a sphere not through its centre
- small d democrat
- Alternative spelling of small-d democrat
- small d democrats
- plural form of small d democrat (alternative spelling of small-d democrats)
- small forward
- A forward who plays behind the power forwards
- small forwards
- plural form of small forward
- small fry
- One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value
These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room.
- small fry
- One or more small or immature fish
- small fry
- One or more children
- small gross
- One hundred and twenty (120), 12 x 10
- small hours
- The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep
- small icosihemidodecahedron
- a polyhedron having 26 faces, 30 vertices and 60 edges
- small intestine
- The upper part of the intestine, between the stomach and the large intestine, divided into the duodenum, the jejunum and the ileum
- small intestines
- plural form of small intestine
- small l liberal
- Alternative spelling of small-l liberal
- small man syndrome
- Humorous or supposed condition affecting short men which makes them excessively competitive as a way of compensating for their lack of stature
- small molecule drug
- A medicinal drug compound having a molecular weight of less than 1000 daltons, and typically between 300 and 700 daltons
- small molecule drugs
- plural form of small molecule drug
- small of the back
- The relatively narrow, lumbar region of the back
- small potatoes
- One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value
He no longer works for individuals, since they are small potatoes compared to his corporate clients.
- small r republican
- Alternative spelling of small-r republican
- small r republicans
- plural form of small r republican (alternative spelling of small-r republicans)
- small saphenous vein
- a relatively large vein of the superficial posterior leg
- small saphenous veins
- plural form of small saphenous vein
- small screen
- The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen); by extension, the television programs themselves
- small stuff
- A nautical and knot-tying term for thin string, as opposed to the thick, heavy ropes that are more often used in sailing. It is commonly used in a whipping knot to bind the ends of ropes to prevent fraying
- small talk
- Idle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness
Yet for so public a figure, Jackson was socially awkward, inept at small talk and terrified when the distant audience became an adoring mob.
- small time
- A modest level of achievement, often local
The TV talent show rocketed her from the small time to stardom.
- small ubiquitin-related modifier
- A SUMO protein
- small ubiquitin-related modifiers
- plural form of small ubiquitin-related modifier
- small white
- A white butterfly which pests on cultivated cabbages
- small wonder
- An event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence
Small wonder the average cost of new pools has leaped past $30,000.
- small-billed tinamou
- A tinamou, Crypturellus parvirostris
- small-billed tinamous
- plural form of small-billed tinamou
- small-bore
- insignificant or trivial
- small-bore
- Having a small caliber
- small-c conservative
- A conservative, that is, a person who holds conservative views, who is not a member of their country's "Conservative Party"
- small-c conservatives
- plural form of small-c conservative
- small-d democrat
- A democrat, that is, a person who holds democratic views; not necessarily someone who is a member of the country's "Democratic Party"
- small-d democrats
- plural form of small-d democrat
- small-fry
- Attributive form of small fry
His small-fry status annoyed him to no end: he wanted to be a bigwig.
- small-l liberal
- A liberal, that is, a person who holds liberal views, who is not a member of their country's "Liberal Party"
- small-l liberals
- plural form of small-l liberal
- small-minded
- Selfish, petty, constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration
- small-minded
- Not interested (or capable) of thinking about the big picture
- small-r republican
- A republican, that is, a person who favors a republic, who is not a member of their country's "Republican Party"
- small-r republicans
- plural form of small-r republican
- small-scale
- Drawn or constructed too small for much detail
- small-scale
- Having a modest scope or extent
- small-talk
- Alternative spelling of small talk
- small-time
- On a small scale
a small-time thief.
- small-timer
- A person who is limited to small, limited, petty or unimportant scale of things
If he's smooth, he don't have to worry too much about the cops, because he's such a small-timer, and when they come around, he cooperates. The cops always want the big guys….
- small-townish
- Suited to, or typical of, a small town or its inhabitants
- wee small hours
- The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep
He worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.
- small
- {n} the small or narrow part of a thing
- small
- {a} little, short, slender, weak, mean, petty
- wee small hours
- The early hours of the morning after midnight