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weet-weet

weet-weet noun: the common European sandpiper.

Noun

weet-weet (plural weet-weets)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The common European sandpiper.
  2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The chaffinch.

Forms of weet-weet

pluralweet-weets

Origin of weet-weet

So called from its piping cry when disturbed.

Questions about weet-weet

What does weet-weet mean?
Weet-weet means the common European sandpiper.
What part of speech is weet-weet?
Weet-weet is a noun.
What is the plural of weet-weet?
The plural of weet-weet is weet-weets.

Words near weet-weet in the dictionary

  1. weests
  2. weet
  3. weet weet
  4. weet weets
  5. Weet-Bix
  6. weet-weet
  7. weet-weets
  8. Weetabix
  9. Weetah
  10. Weetaliba
  11. weeted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: weet-weet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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