Meanings
woodie1
plural woodies
- 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 Winds1 more example
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 - A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
- informalAn Australian wood cockroach, especially one that is a feeder insect for pets like reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc.
- informalA wood pigeon.
- informalA wood duck.
Woodie2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
- Proto-Germanic*widuz
- Proto-West Germanic*widu
- Old Englishwidu
- Old Englishwudu
- Middle Englishwode
- Englishwood
- Englishwoodie
Translations
Portuguese perua de madeira
- perua de madeirastation wagon with a wooden exterior
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
woodie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodie
“woodie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodie.
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