pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
(noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Imitative, from its note.
pewee (countable and uncountable, plural pewees)
(countable) The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus).
(countable, US, dialect) A woodcock.
(uncountable) An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.
• pee-ew, weepe
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"wee, n. Etym: [So called from its note.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zoöl.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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