noun
- a person or thing that is positioned or falls between two others; something intermediate or transitional
- a young person in the age range between childhood and adolescence, or between adolescence and adulthood
- in cricket, a batsman who bats in the middle order, between the opening batsmen and the lower order
Usage: informal; often used in British English
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Usage: sports; chiefly British
Examples
- She felt like an inbetweener, too old for children's activities but not yet ready for adult responsibilities.
- The inbetweener served as a bridge between the two conflicting departments.
- At thirteen, he was an inbetweener, caught between childhood and the teenage years.
- The team's inbetweener batsmen struggled to build a solid middle order.
- That product is an inbetweener in the market—not quite premium, but above budget brands.