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Wheetle. World English Historical Dictionary

Wheetle. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Wheetle v. Chiefly Sc. [Imitative: cf. wheeple.] intr. To whistle shrilly. Also reduplicated.

1 1825.  Jamieson, Wheetle, sharp peeping sound made by young birds.

2 1849.  Cupples, Green Hand, xvi. A loud clear wheetle-wheetling note from some curious fowl.

3 1865.  H. Kingsley, Hillyars & Burtons, l. [Parrots] who, crowded in long rows, kissed one another, and wheetled idiotically.

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