Definition
Definition of wheen - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
big totalDated UK large amount or numberDated UK
- He had a wheen of tasks to complete by Friday..
2.
tiny totalDated UK small amount or number of somethingDated UK
- He gave me a wheen of coins.
Origin of wheen
Scots, wheen (a few)
Examples of wheen in a sentence
There was a wheen of people at the concert. There's a wheen of dust on the shelf. She found a wheen of reasons to smile.
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- French:quantité, petite quantité, ...
- German:Menge, Handvoll, ...
- Italian:sacco, pugno, ...
- Spanish:gran cantidad, puñado, ...
- Portuguese:monte, quantidade pequena, ...
- Chinese:大量, 少量, ...
- Japanese:たくさん, 少量, ...
- Arabic:كمية كبيرة, قَلِيل, ...
- Hebrew:כַּמוּת גְּדוֹלָה, מְעַט, ...
- Russian:большое количество, малое количество, ...
- Ukrainian:купа, трохи, ...
- Hindi:बहुत सारा, थोड़ी मात्रा, ...
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