Peewee
//ˈpiːwiː// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short or small person; a small object. informal
- 2 A magpie-lark or mudlark (Grallina cyanoleuca). Australia
"A large flock of black and white peewees—magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove[…]."
- 3 small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America wordnet
- 4 A kind of small marble in children's games.
"You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees."
- 5 A pewee.
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- 6 disparaging terms for small people wordnet
- 7 A player in a sports league for very young children. US
"Is five too young for peewee football?"
Example
More examples"You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Probably reduplication of wee (“small”).
Etymology 2
Probably from onomatopoeia of the birds' songs.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.