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peewee¹

  • /ˈpiːwiː/

Rhymes with -iːwi

Where it comes from

Probably reduplication of wee (“small”).

noun peewees

  1. informal A short or small person; a small object.
  2. A kind of small marble in children's games. You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees.
  3. US A player in a sports league for very young children. Is five too young for peewee football?

peewee²

  • /ˈpiːwiː/

Rhymes with -iːwi

Where it comes from

Imitative of the vocalisation of the birds.

noun peewees

  1. Australia A magpie-lark or mudlark (Grallina cyanoleuca). A large flock of black and white peewees—magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove[…].
  2. US A pewee.

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@misc{peewee_2026,
  title = {peewee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peewee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}