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Definition of "sweetie" [sweetie]

  • Informal Sweetheart; dear. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sweetie" in a sentence
  • "From the first episode, I inherited the word 'sweetie for about 5 years."
  • "Came away with some jaggery (palm sugar sweeties) - not quite as delicious as tamarind flakes which I call sweetie darlings."
  • "If "sweetie" is wrong, what are people thinking when I call them "sweet cheeks" or refer to their backside as a "tender, delicious rump"?"