wheetlev.
/ˈwiːt(ə)l/, /ˈhwiːt(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wid(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhwit(ə)l/ Chiefly Scottish.
intransitive. To whistle shrilly. Also reduplicated.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > sound shrill [verb (intransitive)] > whistle
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wheetle,..the peeping sound emitted by young birds.
1850 G. Cupples Green Hand vii. 83/1 A loud clear wheetle-wheetling note from some curious fowl.
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons l Parrots..who, crowded in long rows, kissed one another, and wheetled idiotically.
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