1. a small songbird with streaked brown plumage that walks rather than hops on the ground

Examples

• The meadow pipit is common in grasslands across Europe.
• We spotted a water pipit near the rocky shoreline.
• The bird’s streaked breast identified it as a pipit.
• Pipits often nest on the ground in open areas.
• The American pipit migrates south for winter.
• A pipit called from the fence post with its thin, high notes.