PEEWEE

pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens

(noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America

runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint

(noun) disparaging terms for small people

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

peewee (plural peewees)

(informal) A short or small person; a small object.

A kind of small marble in children's games.

(US, sports) A player in a sports league for very young children.

Etymology 2

Probably from onomatopoeia of the birds' songs.

Noun

peewee (plural peewees)

(Australia, New South Wales and Queensland) A magpie-lark or mudlark, Grallina cyanoleuca.

A pewee.

Source: Wiktionary



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INTUITIVELY

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