pewee
noun/ˈpi.wi/
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.
1
Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.
3
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.1932, John Steinbeck, Junius Maltby:
- Derived terms
- eastern wood pewee, western wood pewee, wood pewee, smoke-colored pewee