pewee
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Definition of pewee
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
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noun
- (countable)Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
- (US, countable, dialectal)A woodcock.
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(uncountable)An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.
“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.”
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Etymology
Imitative of the vocalisations of various birds. For the passerine, originally imitative of the vocalisations of the eastern wood pewee, later extended to other members of the same genus.
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