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peewee

/ˈpiːwiː/

peewee noun: a short or small person; a small object.

peewee: a short or small person; a small object
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Noun (1)

peewee (plural peewees)

  1. (informal) A short or small person; a small object.
  2. 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.2011, Jamie MacLennan, ZhaoHui Tang, Bogdan Crivat, Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  3. (US) A player in a sports league for very young children.
    • Is five too young for peewee football?
    • Each year, younger and younger girls line up for competition on the mats, and at this year′s Western Australia Women′s Judo Tournament extra peewee divisions were added to accomodate the young ladies.1971 November, Pat Strange, Mini Judoka in Aussie Ladies Tourney, Black Belt, page 61

Noun (2)

peewee (plural peewees)

  1. (Australia, New South Wales and Queensland) A magpie-lark or mudlark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
    • A large flock of black and white peewees—magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove[…].1939, Francis Ratcliffe, Flying Fox and Drifting Sand: The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia, page 43
    • The studies of A. H. Robinson in Western Australia indicate that Peewees tend to pair for life, and hold the same territory on successive seasons.1964, Carl Weismann, Australian Bird Songs, page 15
  2. (US) A pewee.

Forms of peewee

pluralpeewees

Origin of peewee

Probably reduplication of wee (“small”).

Imitative of the vocalisation of the birds.

Words formed from peewee

Words that rhyme with peewee

Questions about peewee

What does peewee mean?
Peewee means a short or small person; a small object.
What part of speech is peewee?
Peewee is a noun.
How do you pronounce peewee?
Peewee is pronounced /ˈpiːwiː/.
What is the plural of peewee?
The plural of peewee is peewees.

Words near peewee in the dictionary

  1. peevy
  2. Peevys
  3. peewa
  4. peewah
  5. peewahs
  6. peewee
  7. peewee golf
  8. peewees
  9. peewit
  10. peewits
  11. peeyew

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