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    PEEWEE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North Americaplay

    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 peopleplay

    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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