woodie

W4O1O1D2I1E1
/ˈwʊ.di/

noun

An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

woodie1

nounwoodie (plural woodies)

plural woodies

  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
    1 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
  2. A wooden rollercoaster; an amusement ride whose rails are overlaid upon a wooden track.
  3. slangvulgarAn 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. informalAn Australian wood cockroach, especially one that is a feeder insect for pets like reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, etc.
  5. informalA wood pigeon.
  6. informalA wood duck.

Woodie2

proper nounWoodie (plural Woodies)

plural Woodies

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us
  6. Proto-Germanic*widuz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*widu
  8. Old Englishwidu
  9. Old Englishwudu
  10. Middle Englishwode
  11. Englishwood
  12. Englishwoodie

From wood + -ie.

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Translations

Portuguese perua de madeira
  • perua de madeirastation wagon with a wooden exterior

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“woodie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woodie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woodie.

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