wheeplev.
/ˈwiːp(ə)l/, /ˈhwiːp(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wip(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhwip(ə)l/ Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive. To utter a somewhat protracted shrill cry, like the curlew or plover; also, to whistle feebly (intransitive and transitive).
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound
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wheeple1818
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of curlew)
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wheeple1818
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > whistle
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whewc1475
whoo1599
pipea1616
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wheeple1818
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [verb (transitive)] > make sound
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (transitive)] > whistle
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whutea1663
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1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 323 Like Redwings wheepling through the mist.
a1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 284 We've a' been heathens—now we pray, And sing and wheeple.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 80 He sometimes wheepled a tune.
Derivatives
wheeple n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of (plover) > cry of
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whewing1818
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wheep1984
the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Numenius (miscellaneous) > numenius arquata (curlew) > cry of
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VII. 601 (note) I wad na' gie the wheeple of a whaup for a the nightingales that ever sang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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