Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piewipe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: piewipe
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird, the lapwing or peewit.

British usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

"looking for a watch and purse on Battersby piewipes was very like looking for a needle in a bundle of hay"

Etymology

Imitative of its note.

Usage

British usage
Archaic

Inflected Forms

piewipes (plural) pie-wipe (alternative) pyewipe (alternative)

Questions

What does piewipe mean?: A bird, the lapwing or peewit.
Where does piewipe come from?: Imitative of its note.

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