Definitions for peewit

peewit pee·wit

Spelling: [pee-wit, pyoo-it]
IPA: /ˈpi wɪt, ˈpyu ɪt/

Peewit is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in peewit (eeiptw).

Definitions for peewit

noun

  1. pewit.
  2. the lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.
  3. the phoebe.

Origin of peewit

First recorded in 1520-30; imitative

Examples for peewit

Then he realized it was the grass, and the peewit was calling.

By which I do not mean that no peewit is ever taken by a peregrine.

Many of these eggs are passed off for those of the peewit by unscrupulous dealers, notably in Leadenhall market.

Nearer home a peewit called, and Robert Carlton caught himself wondering whether there would be rain before morning.

Then he realised it was the grass, and the peewit was calling.

They had met, and included in their meeting the thrust of the manifold grass stems, the cry of the peewit, the wheel of the stars.

When you hear me cry as the peewit cries, run as quickly as may be towards the boat.

A peewit had laid four eggs on the very spot, as I calculated, where I had hooked my biggest carp.

They cry pe-e-e-e-wi, pe-e-e-e-e-wi, and the Imp cries "peewit" back to them.

He could imagine it uttering the vibrant, plaintive cry of a peewit.

Word Value for peewit
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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