The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Weet-Bix — is the name of high fibre breakfast cereal biscuits manufactured in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa by Sanitarium Health Food Company. The name is probably a derivative of wheat bricks or wheat biscuits and as such the plural for Weet… … Wikipedia
Weet-weet — n. [So called from its piping cry when disturbed.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The common European sandpiper. (b) The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weet — Weet, a. & n. Wet. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weet — Weet, v. i. [imp. {Wot}.] [See {Wit} to know.] To know; to wit. [Obs.] Tyndale. Spenser. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weet-bird — n. (Zo[ o]l.) The wryneck; so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weet — (v.) 1540s, from M.E. weten, variant of witen (see WIT (Cf. wit) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
Weet-weet — Mark Twain en 1867 Un weet weet es un juguete arrojadizo de los aborígenes australianos. Contenido 1 Descripción … Wikipedia Español
weet — peet·weet; weet·less; weet; un·weet·ing·ly; … English syllables
weet-weet — Sandpiper Sand pi per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weet-weet — /ˈwit wit/ (say weet weet) noun an Aboriginal missile (also used as a toy) consisting of a small wooden or bone knob on a flexible handle, the knob being skimmed along the ground to bring down small birds and animals. {Australian Aboriginal;… …
