woodie
/ˈwʊ.di/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
noun
A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
noun
An Australian wood cockroach, especially one that is a feeder insect for pets like reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc.
Informal
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "There'll be no surfin' there and no one even cares. My woodie's outside. Covered with snow."
- "Well, for one thing a Woodie is the last remnant of the true coach-builders' art, dating from a time when wood […]. But a Woodie is also an icon, emblematic of beaches and surfing and Pacific Coast Highway […]"
- "She raised her brows. “You got a woodie; I got a wettie. Doesn't mean mine was for yours.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English woodie From wood + -ie.