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woodie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwʊ.di/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English woodie From wood + -ie.

Meanings

1. An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
   • There'll be no surfin' there and no one even cares. My woodie's outside. Covered with snow. 1965, “New York's a Lonely Town”, performed by The Trade Winds:
   • Well, for one thing a Woodie is the last remnant of the true coach-builders' art, dating from a time when wood […]. But a Woodie is also an icon, emblematic of beaches and surfing and Pacific Coast Highway […] 2000, Tom Snyder, Pacific Coast Highway: Traveler's Guide, page 9:
2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
3. (slang, vulgar) An erection of the penis.
   • She raised her brows. “You got a woodie; I got a wettie. Doesn't mean mine was for yours.” 2015, Kresley Cole, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night:
4. (informal, used in the plural) An Australian wood cockroach, especially one that is a feeder insect for pets like reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc.
5. (informal) A wood pigeon.
6. (informal) A wood duck.

Forms

Deriveds

morning woodie · woodie wagon

Translations (1)

pt perua de madeira (station wagon with a wooden exterior)