peewee
peewee · peewees
A short or small personA short or small person; a small object.
/ˈpiːwiː/
Meaning
5 senses(informal)A short or small person; a small object.
A kind of small marble in children's games.
(US)A player in a sports league for very young children.
Is five too young for peewee football?
(Australia)A magpie-lark or mudlark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
(US)A pewee.
More definitions
- small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
- disparaging terms for small people
Origin
Probably reduplication of wee (“small”). Imitative of the vocalisation of the birds.Probably reduplication of wee (“small”).
Imitative of the vocalisation of the birds.
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Forms
plural: peeweesSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedpeewee golf
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.