peckerwood

Meaning

1. (Appalachia, Southern-US, slang) A woodpecker.
2. (Appalachia, Southern-US) A peckerwood sawmill.
3. (US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
4. (slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.

Synonyms

pecker

woodpecker

Translations

picot

pigot

δρυοκολάπτης

τρυποκάρυδος

pic

pic-vert

pivert

picidés

picidae

picinae

picinés

pics

picchio

specht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛkɚwʊd/

Etymology

Inversion of woodpecker. Application to white people is due to the perception that the woodpecker is a symbol of whites, whereas the crow or blackbird is a symbol of blacks.