kiwi

UK /ˈkiːwi/ US /ˈkiːwi/

noun 7adj 2verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).

A New Zealand dollar.

A kiwi fruit.

A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).

adj

Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”)

noun

Any kind of black shoe polish.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, allergic, flightless, free, most, new, nocturnal, organic

VERB + KIWI

am, ate, back, eat, eaten, eating, go, recognised

KIWI + NOUN

bird, brothers, fruit, headquarters, knife, miles, night, vine

PREP.

from, on, with

ADV.

mostly

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck

apteryx

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]

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Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought

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Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection. Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth? Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem.

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A blokart (say blow-cart) plays to the penchant that Kiwis and Aussies have for pushing the limits in search of fun. It’s a ground-hugging, tricyclelike combination of aluminum tubing and rubber wheel

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Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China. Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's fi

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The two Kiwi brothers who spent time in a Thailand prison after allegedly wrestling an officer to the ground and taking his gun, have returned to New Zealand.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, kiwi is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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