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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("peewee" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

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