▪ I. wheetle, v. Chiefly Sc.
(ˈhwiːt(ə)l)
[Imitative: cf. wheeple.]
intr. To whistle shrilly. Also reduplicated.
| 1825 Jamieson, Wheetle, sharp peeping sound made by young birds. 1849 Cupples Green Hand xvi, 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. |
▪ II. wheetle
Sc. var. wheedle.