peetweet
/ˈpiːtwiːt/(also peeweet) United States regional
noun
The spotted sandpiper of North and South America, Actitis macularia. Also (occasionally): the solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), botanist. Imitative of the bird's call. Compare earlier peep, and also teeter, weet-weet.
- get ahead
- get ahead of oneself
- get a life
- get a line on
- get a load of
- get along
- get a move on
- get a (or the) feel for (or of)
- get a room
- get around
- get a shift on
- get at
- get-at-able
- get away
- getaway
- get away with
- get away with (blue) murder
- get a wiggle on
- get a word in edgeways
- get back at
- get (back) into the swing of things
- get back to
- get busy
- get by
- get cracking