midget Definition
midget (mij′it)
noun
- a person who is much smaller than average, with head, limbs, and trunk proportionate to each other in size
- anything very small of its kind
Etymology: dim. of midge
adjective
very small of its kind; miniature
midget Synonyms
midget
n.
midget Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: I'd had a Midget for many years, but the B GT was something more.
- drive: The roll-bar is removable, although I would not advise anyone to drive a Midget without one.
- include: There were rows and rows of MGs from early Bs through Limited Editions including Midgets.
Preposition: in
suit: I believe that Hemingway didn't really run with the bulls, just midgets in bull suits.
Adjective modifier
- little: She moved to Rachel's in West Midlands, and she is a happier little midget now.
- mental: I had to listen to mental midgets whining about the threat or Polish plumbers, Czech carpenters and Moldovan mechanics.
- moral: The most vociferous among them, however, are ' intellectual and moral midgets ' .
- new: Glorious sunshine saw us off from Reigate Hill, with this being the first outing for Geoff's new re-shelled Midget.
- male: The Munchkins were made up of 90 male midgets and 34 female midgets.
- white: The lowest score was by Peter Manning in the blue & white Midget with Bill Bennett in his J2 not far behind.
Modifies a noun
- submarine: She was even attacked by british midget submarines on th 23rd September 1943.
- gem: Original Lions wine gums, Lions midget gems, Lions fruit salad contain high quality gelatine, resulting in the best quality gums.
- recorder: Both pictures, and that of the midget recorder, courtesy Chris Owen.
- ganglion: At this eccentricity, three midget bipolar cells synapse with the midget ganglion cell.
- nun: Dopey raises his hand once more, " Father, are there any midget nuns in the world?
- jump: How good a workers per month for four aces sequenced midget jumps.
Noun used with modifier
- circus: It has just been reported that miniature fighter planes piloted by specially trained circus midgets, have flown several shorties against Iraq today.
- book: Best wishes, Ludo 32: Isabel Hunt - Saturday 7 th October, 2000 I loved your book Midget.
- combat: He has with him a spiritual warding stone and a combat midget.
Browse dictionary entries near midget
- ‹ midge
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- ‹ midfielder
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- ‹ Mideast
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- ‹ middling
- ‹ middleweight
- ‹ Middleware
- ‹ Middletown

