phweep

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interjection

A whistle, or the whistling cry of a bird.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. A whistle, or the whistling cry of a bird.

    A guttural phweep-phweep used to defend feeding territories.

    2010, Clive F. Mann, Robert A. Cheke, Sunbirds
    2 more examples

    From around the corner upstream comes a quiet birdcall: "Phweep? Phweep?" like a question.

    1986, Martha Brown, Granite Mountain Spring, page 26

    Pit blew on Relly's whistle, three times, phweep. Bubba started barking.

    2009, George Stade, Swimming Through the Flotsam in Which We Live and Move and Have Our Being

Origin

Imitative.

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APA

phweep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phweep

MLA

“phweep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phweep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phweep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phweep.

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