Definitions for kiwi

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kiwi ki·wi

Spelling: [kee-wee]

IPA: /ˈki wi/

Kiwi is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in kiwi (iikw).

Definitions for kiwi

noun

1. any of several flightless, ratite birds of the genus Apteryx, of New Zealand, allied to the extinct moas.
2. Also called Chinese gooseberry. the egg-sized, edible berry of the Chinese gooseberry, having fuzzy brownish skin and slightly tart green flesh.
3. Slang. a member of an air service, as in World War I, who is confined to ground duty. a former pilot or member of a flight crew.
4. Informal. a New Zealander.

Origin of kiwi

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1825-35

Examples for kiwi

I was most interested in a native "kiwi," which I persuaded the head-keeper to find for me.

When Dmitri visited, he would act as a megaphone, relaying to his mother what her ears could not catch of my kiwi accent.

They are left in a pan, and the kiwi eats them during the night.

The kiwi is the latest of all the birds, but catches the most worms.

First kiwi, the 17-year-old son, departs to land a job working in the World of Darkness theme park.

The New Zealand "kiwi," known to naturalists as the apteryx.

For this let us honour the kiwi, and hurl him in the face of the early risers.

Surrounded by all this Maori opulence, kiwi grew to manhood.

The sides of the kiwi appear as free of wings as those of a cat.

On Monday, the kiwi singer announced a new collaboration with MAC Cosmetics.