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▪ I. wheetle, v. Chiefly Sc.|ˈhwiːt(ə)l|
[Imitative: cf. wheeple.]
intr. To whistle shrilly. Also reduplicated.
1825Jamieson, Wheetle, sharp peeping sound made by young birds. 1849Cupples Green Hand xvi, A loud clear wheetle-wheetling note from some curious fowl. 1865H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons l, Parrots..who, crowded in long rows, kissed one another, and wheetled idiotically.
▪ II. wheetle
Sc. var. wheedle. |