midge
/mɪdʒ/
noun
- A small flying insect that often bites people and animals, similar to a mosquito but smaller.
- We couldn't sit outside because of the swarms of midges near the lake.
- The hikers applied bug spray to protect themselves from midges.
- A tiny midge flew into my eye while I was cycling.
- A very small person or thing (sometimes used as a mild, informal term).
- The car was a midge compared to the huge SUV next to it.
- He was a midge of a man, barely five feet tall.
- She called her little dog a midge because it was so tiny.