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		Definition of tweener in English: tweenernoun ˈtwiːnəˈtwēnər US informal 1A person or thing considered to be in between two other recognized categories or types. 〈美,非正式〉介于两种类别之间的人(或事物)  we're a couple of tweeners, born after baby boomers and before generation Xers 我们俩属于生育高峰期和无名一代之间的那一类人。 Example sentencesExamples -  He is the classic NBA tweener, shooting a high percentage, but struggling against the bigger bodies down low.
 -  That has come into vogue and you have players who used to be considered tweeners, really just undersized defensive ends, being projected to what is a need position now.
 -  He was a bit of a tweener - not really a true point guard or shooting guard at 6'3.
 -  Smith, a tweener, started three years at left end in the Redhawks' 4-3 defense after beginning his redshirt freshman year at linebacker when that position was depleted by injuries.
 -  As far as coaching, he qualifies as a coaching tweener: too successful to go back to being an assistant but not seasoned enough to warrant another head coaching job.
 -  The tweeners found it a rough night in the trenches.
 -  He is a classic tweener.
 -  The Pro Bowl team is picked with a 4-3 defense in mind, and Smith - a 3-4 end who would be a tweener on some four-man fronts - ultimately gets snubbed here.
 -  A tweener who was a 4-3 defensive end in college, Washington signed with the Texans after the draft and was cut at the end of training camp.
 -  Respect has been hard to come by for the Syracuse product, who was touted as an underachiever in college is expected to be a tweener in the pros.
 -  He's just what the Knicks need, another tweener who is too slow to play small forward and too soft to play power forward.
 -  At 6-feet - 10, 240 pounds, he is the definition of a tweener, a small forward buried inside a power forward's body.
 -  Baxter's a bit of a tweener - not big enough to lead block, not quite fast enough to be the every down back in the NFL, despite his productivity in college.
 -  He is sort of a tweener, because he could also be in Group Four.
 -  While both belong in the back end of a rotation, our next three pitchers are tweeners.
 -  Sizewise, he is what I'd call a tweener.
 -  He is a classic tweener - an edge rusher who is somewhere between a defensive end and an outside linebacker.
 -  They felt he was a limited guy, sort of a safety-linebacker tweener who lacked size at linebacker and speed at safety.
 -  Huber was the prized jewel of the Met system a few years ago, but became a bit of a tweener between catcher and first base in recent years.
 -  The Texans have added two tweeners, but nothing they have done in the NFL to date suggests that either of these linebackers will upgrade the Houston pass rush.
 
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another term for tweenager Example sentencesExamples -  Seven quick ticks on a stopwatch is all the time they have to win over the world's most discerning consumers: toddlers, grade-schoolers, and tweeners.
 -  And here it is, gussied up, cleaned off, and served to this goggling tweener / early teen audience as hip.
 -  All those remote-control toys bought for tweeners get played with for an hour or two and then get sunk into the miasma of a child's bedroom.
 -  He clearly adores his kids, who are all stalwart, funny and, for tweeners, preternaturally considerate.
 -  I'd like item and brand suggestions for other beauty/health products that appeal to tweener girls.
 
  
    Definition of tweener in US English: tweenernounˈtwēnər US informal 1A person or thing considered to be in between two other recognized categories or types. 〈美,非正式〉介于两种类别之间的人(或事物)  Price considered him a tweener, too small for a lineman and too big for a linebacker Example sentencesExamples -  The Texans have added two tweeners, but nothing they have done in the NFL to date suggests that either of these linebackers will upgrade the Houston pass rush.
 -  While both belong in the back end of a rotation, our next three pitchers are tweeners.
 -  The Pro Bowl team is picked with a 4-3 defense in mind, and Smith - a 3-4 end who would be a tweener on some four-man fronts - ultimately gets snubbed here.
 -  He is a classic tweener - an edge rusher who is somewhere between a defensive end and an outside linebacker.
 -  Sizewise, he is what I'd call a tweener.
 -  He is a classic tweener.
 -  At 6-feet - 10, 240 pounds, he is the definition of a tweener, a small forward buried inside a power forward's body.
 -  The tweeners found it a rough night in the trenches.
 -  They felt he was a limited guy, sort of a safety-linebacker tweener who lacked size at linebacker and speed at safety.
 -  Baxter's a bit of a tweener - not big enough to lead block, not quite fast enough to be the every down back in the NFL, despite his productivity in college.
 -  A tweener who was a 4-3 defensive end in college, Washington signed with the Texans after the draft and was cut at the end of training camp.
 -  He is sort of a tweener, because he could also be in Group Four.
 -  He is the classic NBA tweener, shooting a high percentage, but struggling against the bigger bodies down low.
 -  That has come into vogue and you have players who used to be considered tweeners, really just undersized defensive ends, being projected to what is a need position now.
 -  Smith, a tweener, started three years at left end in the Redhawks' 4-3 defense after beginning his redshirt freshman year at linebacker when that position was depleted by injuries.
 -  Respect has been hard to come by for the Syracuse product, who was touted as an underachiever in college is expected to be a tweener in the pros.
 -  As far as coaching, he qualifies as a coaching tweener: too successful to go back to being an assistant but not seasoned enough to warrant another head coaching job.
 -  Huber was the prized jewel of the Met system a few years ago, but became a bit of a tweener between catcher and first base in recent years.
 -  He's just what the Knicks need, another tweener who is too slow to play small forward and too soft to play power forward.
 -  He was a bit of a tweener - not really a true point guard or shooting guard at 6'3.
 
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short for tweenager Example sentencesExamples -  He clearly adores his kids, who are all stalwart, funny and, for tweeners, preternaturally considerate.
 -  I'd like item and brand suggestions for other beauty/health products that appeal to tweener girls.
 -  All those remote-control toys bought for tweeners get played with for an hour or two and then get sunk into the miasma of a child's bedroom.
 -  And here it is, gussied up, cleaned off, and served to this goggling tweener / early teen audience as hip.
 -  Seven quick ticks on a stopwatch is all the time they have to win over the world's most discerning consumers: toddlers, grade-schoolers, and tweeners.
 
  
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