whee

American

[hwee, wee] / ʰwi, wi /

interjection

(used to express joy or delight.)

whee British

/ wiː /

interjection

an exclamation of joy, thrill, etc

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Etymology

Origin of whee

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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whee

I can skate-board on Rocker without holding on to her, then I whee back onto Duvet and I'm snowboarding instead.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2010

A larf all the whee to Barclays', no dute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet sometimes, thin and overdrawn, the poor child would come home from work in the whee hours of the morning with a wicked case of "the mean reds."

From Time Magazine Archive

Komitor continues: "Lean back, open your butterfly wings and whee!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Little Mosquito she sits on a sill,— Whee, whee, whee!

From The Nursery, November 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various

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