pixie

Meanings

Plural: pixies

Noun

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
• A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
• A cute, petite woman with short hair.
• An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
• A butterfly of the genus Melanis.
• Ellipsis of pixie cut.

Synonyms

brownie, elf, fair, gnome, gremlin, hob, imp, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata, pyxie, sprite