Definition of "tweener" [tweener]

• A person who plays at two positions, not good enough at either to be restricted to it. (noun)
• A shot that is hit between the legs. It was first popularized by Frenchman Yannick Noah. (noun)
• A computing device that is smaller than a traditional laptop, but larger than a PDA (noun)
• A professional wrestler who is neutral or morally ambiguous; neither a face nor a heel, or showing no favoritism to either allegiance. (noun)
• A person, machine or piece of software that performs tweening (noun)

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• ""We kind of look at the minis as what we call a tweener product," he said."
• ""We were in what I call a tweener stage," Meadows says, referring to the basketball term for when a player isn't fast enough to be a point guard but isn't strong enough to be a power forward -- in other words, the worst of both worlds."
• "That's where the Titans drafted Kearse in 1999, taking a chance on someone called a tweener and seen more as a physical freak than polished product."