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woodie

/ˈwʊ.di/

woodie noun: an early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.

Noun

woodie (plural woodies)

  1. An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
    • There'll be no surfin' there and no one even cares.
      My woodie's outside. Covered with snow.1965, “New York's a Lonely Town”, performed by The Trade Winds
    • Well, for one thing a Woodie is the last remnant of the true coach-builders' art, dating from a time when wood […]. But a Woodie is also an icon, emblematic of beaches and surfing and Pacific Coast Highway […]2000, Tom Snyder, Pacific Coast Highway: Traveler's Guide, page 9
  2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
  3. (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
    • She raised her brows. “You got a woodie; I got a wettie. Doesn't mean mine was for yours.”2015, Kresley Cole, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
  4. (informal) An Australian wood cockroach, especially one that is a feeder insect for pets like reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc.
  5. (informal) A wood pigeon.
  6. (informal) A wood duck.

Proper noun capitalized: Woodie

Woodie (plural Woodies)

  1. A surname.

Forms of woodie

Noun
pluralwoodies
Proper noun
pluralWoodies

Origin of woodie

From wood + -ie.

Words formed from woodie

Phrases with woodie

Questions about woodie

What does woodie mean?
Woodie means an early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
What part of speech is woodie?
Woodie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce woodie?
Woodie is pronounced /ˈwʊ.di/.
What is the plural of woodie?
The plural of woodie is woodies.

Words near woodie in the dictionary

  1. woodhouses
  2. Woodhull
  3. Woodhulls
  4. Woodhurst
  5. Woodhursts
  6. woodie
  7. woodie wagon
  8. woodie wagons
  9. woodier
  10. woodies
  11. woodiest

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