1
: pewee
2
: one that is diminutive or small
especially
: a small child
3
: an age-specific level of youth sports
also
: a member of a team in a peewee league
peewee
adjective
Examples of peewee in a Sentence
that particular species is the peewee of the salmon world
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The Pacers—athletic, young, clever, cocky guys with vibes like the youngest brother in a rich exurban family—answered with pesky defense and an approach to basketball that more nearly approximated a sprint-heavy peewee track meet.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Sure, this group’s name is a punchline, lifted from a peewee soccer team that never won a game (the title doesn’t appear until the very end, immediately followed by a different name for this posse).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
Estevez, 62, played Gordon Bombay — an attorney–turned–unwilling peewee hockey coach who leads his team to victory against all odds — in the original film, released in 1992, as well as the two Mighty Ducks sequels, 1994’s D2: The Mighty Ducks and 1996’s D3: The Mighty Ducks.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Potato varieties range from peewee to large russet to Yukon Gold or even red-skinned ones.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Sure, this group’s name is a punchline, lifted from a peewee soccer team that never won a game (the title doesn’t appear until the very end, immediately followed by a different name for this posse).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
Estevez, 62, played Gordon Bombay — an attorney–turned–unwilling peewee hockey coach who leads his team to victory against all odds — in the original film, released in 1992, as well as the two Mighty Ducks sequels, 1994’s D2: The Mighty Ducks and 1996’s D3: The Mighty Ducks.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Potato varieties range from peewee to large russet to Yukon Gold or even red-skinned ones.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peewee
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“Peewee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peewee. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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