Pewee

//ˈpi.wi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus). countable
  2. 2
    small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America wordnet
  3. 3
    A woodcock. US, countable, dialectal
  4. 4
    An American version of the children's game gilli-danda. uncountable

    "He was clumsy at the new games, but his teachers did not hoot at him. Instead they quarreled for the privilege of showing him how to hold the pewee stick. There are several schools of technique in pewee."

Synonyms

All synonyms
contopus virenspeeweepeewitpewitwood pewee

Example

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"He was clumsy at the new games, but his teachers did not hoot at him. Instead they quarreled for the privilege of showing him how to hold the pewee stick. There are several schools of technique in pewee."

Etymology

Imitative, from its note.

Related phrases

eastern wood peweesmoke-colored peweewood peweegilli danda

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