whee

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Groan all together now, whee -- hee -- hee!

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  • A college friend of mine, after much quaffing from the keg, so to speak, would start singing a faux hymn that began, "We are sliding into sin - whee!" —  The Moderate Voice
  • Deregulate, let wages fall to their "natural" level, turn what remains of government into an endless source of bounty for contractors -- whee! —  The Nation: Top Stories
  • Carthage police say an 18-year-old man raped a girl under the "whee" bridge last week. —  Carthage Press Homepage RSS
  • Whee-whee! went the whistle. —  The Lure of the Mask
  • There was also the chirrup of the Greenfinch, and the whee, whee, whee which is the climax of the Linnet's song, by which it is so irresistible as a call-bird, and which appears to bring down the flock in spite of themselves Although the Sedge-Bird imitated all I have mentioned, it made much more frequent use of the notes of some than of others--the Sparrow, the Whinchat, the Swallow, and the Starling appeared to be its chief favourites, whilst it only touched once or twice on the notes of the Greenfinch and the Linnet. —  Essays in Natural History and Agriculture
 

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