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Whee vs Wheen - What's the difference?

whee | wheen |

As an interjection whee

is (childish) an expression of pleasure or enjoyment.

As a noun wheen is

a little; a small number.

whee

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (childish) An expression of pleasure or enjoyment.
  • * 2001 , Ricardo L Garcia, Coal camp days: a boy's remembrance?
  • She twisted the rubber band extra tight. Sure enough, the tractor spun off much faster. Whee ! She really liked to see it go fast on the living room floor.
  • * 2009 , Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius, Volume 9 , p. 81:
  • It'll be a secret! Whee !

    Synonyms

    * (childish expression of enjoyment) whoopee, yay, yeah, yippee

    wheen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A little; a small number.
  • A quantity; a goodly number.
  • * 1815 , Walter Scott, Guy Mannering :
  • I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.

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