peewee

Plural: peewees

Noun

• An unusually small person or thing; a diminutive size.
• disparaging terms for small people
• small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
• A short or small person; a small object.
• A kind of small marble in children's games.
• A player in a sports league for very young children.
• A magpie-lark or mudlark (Grallina cyanoleuca).
• A pewee.

Examples

• His PEEWEE two-letter word opened up a crucial triple-word score for his next turn.
• Is five too young for peewee football?

Synonyms

Contopus virens, half-pint, peewit, pewee, pewit, runt, shrimp, wood pewee