Definition of peewit in English:

peewit

noun ˈpiːwɪt

British

The northern lapwing.
See lapwing
Example sentencesExamples
- But on an evening like this at Hadrian's Wall, in the soft rain and with the cuckoo and the peewit for company, the wild and empty landscape forces a revision of my historical imagination.
- The pewit can be easily recognized by the black crest on its head, its twangy singing and its characteristic flight with sharp rises and turns.
- She said the lapwing (or peewit) is also under pressure with its numbers being reduced by 40 per cent over the past 40 years.
- Lapwings, also known as peewits due to their distinctive call, have white and greeny-black plumage topped by an elegant crest.
- Hay meadows provide areas for feeding and breeding of pewits, quails and corn-crakes birds, which are frequently encountered in certain places of Lithuania.
- The old Waterworks should be investigated, as should the newly landscaped Bog Meadows and its peewits.

Origin

Early 16th century: imitative of the bird's call.

cuckoo from Middle English:
The cuckoo is one of those birds whose name echoes the sound of its distinctive call—other examples are curlew (Late Middle English), hoopoe (mid 17th century), kittiwake (mid 17th century), and peewit [E16th]. You can describe an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation as a cuckoo in the nest. This comes from the cuckoo's habit of laying her eggs to be raised in another bird's nest. Cuckold (Old English), referring to the husband of an unfaithful wife, also derives from cucu, and plays on the same cuckoo-in-the-nest idea, although it is not actually the husband who is being the ‘cuckoo’. The reason that a silly or mad person is described as a cuckoo, or is said to have gone cuckoo, is probably that the bird's monotonously repeated call suggests simple-mindedness. Kook, ‘an eccentric person’, is short for cuckoo. It was first recorded in the 1920s but only really became common in the late 1950s. See also cloud, coccyx

单词	peewit
释义	Definition of peewit in English: peewit noun ˈpiːwɪt British The northern lapwing. See lapwing Example sentencesExamples But on an evening like this at Hadrian's Wall, in the soft rain and with the cuckoo and the peewit for company, the wild and empty landscape forces a revision of my historical imagination. The pewit can be easily recognized by the black crest on its head, its twangy singing and its characteristic flight with sharp rises and turns. She said the lapwing (or peewit) is also under pressure with its numbers being reduced by 40 per cent over the past 40 years. Lapwings, also known as peewits due to their distinctive call, have white and greeny-black plumage topped by an elegant crest. Hay meadows provide areas for feeding and breeding of pewits, quails and corn-crakes birds, which are frequently encountered in certain places of Lithuania. The old Waterworks should be investigated, as should the newly landscaped Bog Meadows and its peewits. Origin Early 16th century: imitative of the bird's call. cuckoo from Middle English: The cuckoo is one of those birds whose name echoes the sound of its distinctive call—other examples are curlew (Late Middle English), hoopoe (mid 17th century), kittiwake (mid 17th century), and peewit [E16th]. You can describe an unwelcome intruder in a place or situation as a cuckoo in the nest. This comes from the cuckoo's habit of laying her eggs to be raised in another bird's nest. Cuckold (Old English), referring to the husband of an unfaithful wife, also derives from cucu, and plays on the same cuckoo-in-the-nest idea, although it is not actually the husband who is being the ‘cuckoo’. The reason that a silly or mad person is described as a cuckoo, or is said to have gone cuckoo, is probably that the bird's monotonously repeated call suggests simple-mindedness. Kook, ‘an eccentric person’, is short for cuckoo. It was first recorded in the 1920s but only really became common in the late 1950s. See also cloud, coccyx
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