peetweetn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːtwiːt/, U.S.

/ˈpitˌwit/

Forms: 1700s– peetweet, 1900s– peeweet.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier peep n.¹ 2b, and also teeter n. 2, weet-weet n.¹ Compare also earlier (in different sense) peewit n.

U.S. regional.

The spotted sandpiper of North and South America, Actitis macularia. Also (occasionally): the solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia

jack snipe1664

grassbird?1740

spotted snipe1785

rock-bird1792

peetweet1838

teeter1844

teeter-tail1917

c1779 C. Blagden Let. in Amer. Naturalist (1905) 39 401 No. 37..Pewit [Identified by R. H. Howe as Actitis macularia].]

1838 T. Nuttall in J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 82 The Peet Weet is one of the most familiar and common of all the New England marsh birds.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 135 A company of peetweets were twittering and teetering about over the carcass of a moose.

1912 E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies vii. 50 I..watched the manœuvres of a courting Peetweet. He approached the only lady with his feathers up and his wings raised.

1932 A. H. Howell Florida Bird Life 231 Eastern Solitary Sandpiper: Tringa solitaria solitaria... Other Names: Wood Tattler, Peet-weet.

1997 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 25 May c13 Its [sc. the spotted sandpiper's] call—a sharp peat-weet—has given it additional monikers of ‘teeter-peep’ and ‘peet-weet’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peetweet
释义	peetweetn. Brit. /ˈpiːtwiːt/, U.S. /ˈpitˌwit/ Forms: 1700s– peetweet, 1900s– peeweet. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier peep n.¹ 2b, and also teeter n. 2, weet-weet n.¹ Compare also earlier (in different sense) peewit n. U.S. regional. The spotted sandpiper of North and South America, Actitis macularia. Also (occasionally): the solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia jack snipe1664 grassbird?1740 spotted snipe1785 rock-bird1792 peetweet1838 teeter1844 teeter-tail1917 c1779 C. Blagden Let. in Amer. Naturalist (1905) 39 401 No. 37..Pewit [Identified by R. H. Howe as Actitis macularia].] 1838 T. Nuttall in J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. IV. 82 The Peet Weet is one of the most familiar and common of all the New England marsh birds. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) ii. 135 A company of peetweets were twittering and teetering about over the carcass of a moose. 1912 E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies vii. 50 I..watched the manœuvres of a courting Peetweet. He approached the only lady with his feathers up and his wings raised. 1932 A. H. Howell Florida Bird Life 231 Eastern Solitary Sandpiper: Tringa solitaria solitaria... Other Names: Wood Tattler, Peet-weet. 1997 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 25 May c13 Its [sc. the spotted sandpiper's] call—a sharp peat-weet—has given it additional monikers of ‘teeter-peep’ and ‘peet-weet’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838
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