0 a boy or girl between the ages of about nine and twelve:
a magazine for pre-teens
1 relating to boys or girls between the ages of about nine and twelve:
Numerous children's toys, generally aimed at the teen or pre-teen age bracket, allow experimentation with regular polygons and polyhedra.
Its purpose was to promote "the virtues of fresh fruit and vegetables to a pre-teen audience".
We're online, on demand and in touch with the pulse of the next generation of pre-teen radio listeners.
He first showed his potential as a musician in his pre-teen years, when he gained an interest in rap music.
They were about 5 inches tall and looked like pre-teen girls.
Despite her pre-teen appearance, she hates to be called a child.
The miscreants appear to range in age from pre-teen through teen years, though their fashions suggest a variety of time periods.
The game was marketed as an introduction to interactive fiction for pre-teen players.