peewee
/ˈpiːwiː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of small marble in children's games.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Is five too young for peewee football?"
- "1971 November, Pat Strange, Mini Judoka in Aussie Ladies Tourney, Black Belt, page 61, Each year, younger and younger girls line up for competition on the mats, and at this year′s Western Australia Women′s Judo Tournament extra peewee divisions were added to accomodate the young ladies."
- "A large flock of black and white peewees—magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove[…]."
- "The studies of A. H. Robinson in Western Australia indicate that Peewees tend to pair for life, and hold the same territory on successive seasons."
- "Many Kimberley languages call the peewee or mudlark diyadiya (pronounced like ‘dear-dear’) after one of its calls;[…]."
Etymology
Usage
- Informal
- American usage
- Australian usage