wheepn.
A long-drawn sound of a steel weapon drawn from its sheath.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > use of knives > [noun] > sound of knife being drawn
wheep1891
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > rushing sibilant sound > swish
whish1808
swish1820
swish, swish1833
swishing1860
whoosh1880
swoosh1885
wheep1891
hish1893
whooshing1976
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > whistle > of weapon being drawn
wheep1891
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [noun] > drawing of sword > sound of
wheep1891
1891 R. Kipling Head Distr. in Life's Handicap v The soft wheep, wheep of unscabbarded knives.
1905 S. R. Crockett Cherry Ribband xlvi With the long clean wheep of steel leaving steel, he unsheathed his sword.
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1.
a. Scottish. A small shrill cry, as of a plover or similar bird; any slight high-pitched sound (frequently in negative contexts: cf. peep n.1 3b). Cf. wheeple n. at wheeple v. Derivatives.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > cry or call > thin or shrill
pew?a1500
yelping1593
pipe1721
whistle1784
queek1786
peek1834
pipe note1854
wheep1860
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > piercing or shrill quality > utterance
pipingc1275
shrilling1639
pipping1750
squall1755
wheep1860
1860 J. Young Lays from Poorhouse 115 Tho' noo a vexin', sickly wheap, Is a' thy sang.
1879 J. Guthrie Poems 56 You did'na need to roar to Dan—Just gie a wheep.
1894 ‘Vathek’ Brechin 8 It takes a noise almost enough to wake the dead to get people to start work, it only requires one short, sharp ‘wheep’ to get them to leave off.
1983 S. Heaney Sweeney Astray 55 Whoever of us is the first to hear..the wheep of a plover disturbed in its sleep..let him warn the other.
b. A whistling bleep, similar to the cry of a plover, made by electronic equipment.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of (plover) > cry of
wheeple1793
whewing1818
whew1839
wheep1984
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound
wheep1984
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [noun] > thin and shrill sound > bleep or pip
pip-pip1909
meep1927
beep-beep1929
pip1929
bleep1953
bleeping1957
peep1957
wheep1984
1984 N.Y. Times 1 June c14/3 They all seem to believe wholeheartedly in the ‘Star Trek’ saga, relishing every bit of jargon,..every wheep and bleep of their computer screens.
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wheepv.
/wiːp/, /hwiːp/, U.S. /(h)wip/, Scottish English /hwip/ Scottish and northern dialect.
= wheeple v.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
wheep1808
wheeple1818
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of curlew)
wheep1808
wheeple1818
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whistle
whistlec1000
whewc1475
whoo1599
pipea1616
wheep1808
wheeple1818
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Wheep, 1. To give a sharp whistle at intervals. 2. To squeak.
1894 A. Reid Sangs Heatherland 39 The plover wheepit owre the lea.
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