wheeple

verb

whee·​ple

ˈ(h)wēpəl

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

dialectal, British : to utter a prolonged whistle or shrill cry

a curlew wheeples

transitive verb

dialectal, British : to give forth (a shrill cry or whistle) : whistle

he sometimes wheepled a tune of his own making

—G. D. Brown

Word History

Etymology

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