peewee

[pee-wee]

adjective

1. very small; tiny.

2. insignificant or inconsequential.

   a player sent to the peewee leagues.

noun

1. a person or thing that is unusually small.

2. an animal that is small for its kind; runt.

3. Marbles.,  a small playing marble, often one made of clay rather than glass.

peewee

/ ˈpiːwiː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of pewee

2. a variant (esp Scot) of peewit

3. another name for magpie lark

4. 1. an age level of 12 to 13 in amateur sport, esp ice hockey

   2. ( as modifier )

      peewee hockey

Word History and Origins

Origin of peewee¹

First recorded in 1885–90; rhyming compound based on wee

Example Sentences

The Border Patrol’s peewee Patton added he felt his guys used “the least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission. If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that’s on them.”

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Instead, he coached peewees — second- and fourth-graders — for two years before moving up to the high school.

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Desperate for influence and envious of peewee states that have it, California has tried various early primary schemes since 1996.

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The crowd lining Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park roared as peewee football players and cheerleaders strolled by.

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David Williams, the executive director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, compared Schumacher’s rise in the sport to somebody who started playing peewee football in Seattle and advanced to play for the Seahawks.

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Related Words

• little 
• mini 
• miniature 
• minuscule 
• minute 
• petite 
• small 
• tiny