noun
tween
tween
noun
1
A child roughly between eight and thirteen years old — older than a young kid but not yet a teenager.
"The store has a whole section of clothes aimed at tweens."
"My daughter just turned eleven, so she's firmly in tween territory now."
verb
1
In animation, to generate the in-between frames that make a movement look smooth, given a starting and an ending frame.
"The software can automatically tween the character's walk cycle."
"Animators used to tween every frame by hand before computers took over the job."
How to Use Tween
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost often used for a pre-teen kid; also a technical animation term for filling in the frames between two key poses.
Common pairings
tween fashion
tween years
tween audience
Word Forms
more tween comparative, tweened past tense, tweens plural, tweens plural, tweens plural, tweens singular, most tween superlative
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Etymology
A shortening of "in between."