woodie

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From wood +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Homonyms: woody

Noun[edit]

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woodie (plural woodies)

  1. An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
    • 1965, “New York's a Lonely Town”, performed by The Trade Winds:
      There'll be no surfin' there and no one even cares.
      My woodie's outside. Covered with snow.
    • 2000, Tom Snyder, Pacific Coast Highway: Traveler's Guide, page 9:
      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 []
  2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
  3. (vulgar, slang) An erection of the penis.
    • 2015, Kresley Cole, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night[1]:
      She raised her brows. “You got a woodie; I got a wettie. Doesn't mean mine was for yours.”

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Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A form of widdy or withy.

Noun[edit]

woodie (plural woodies)

  1. (obsolete) The gallows.