"phweep" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-interj}} phweep
  1. A whistle, or the whistling cry of a bird.
    Sense id: en-phweep-en-intj-RdPeFIIV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2009, George Stade, Swimming Through the Flotsam in Which We Live and Move and Have Our Being",
          "text": "Pit blew on Relly's whistle, three times, phweep. Bubba started barking.",
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          "ref": "2010, Clive F. Mann, Robert A. Cheke, Sunbirds",
          "text": "A guttural phweep-phweep used to defend feeding territories.",
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