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PEEWEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Synonyms:
Contopus virens; peewee; peewit; pewee; pewit; wood pewee
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peewee" is a kind of...):
flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peewee"):
Contopus sordidulus; western wood pewee (small flycatcher of western North America)
Holonyms ("peewee" is a member of...):
Contopus; genus Contopus (pewees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disparaging terms for small people
Synonyms:
half-pint; peewee; runt; shrimp
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("peewee" is a kind of...):
small person (a person of below average size)
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