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Definition of wheech in English: wheech(also wheek) verb hwiːxhwiːk [with object]Northern Irish, Scottish 1Snatch or remove (something) quickly. 〈苏格兰〉夺取;快速移走 I wheeched the duvet off Gavin's bed 我迅速拿走加文床上的羽绒被。 Example sentencesExamples - Any vision of utopia based on shiny automobiles to wheek you places quickly on rails is not mine.
- The waiter was hovering constantly at my elbow, wheeking away breadcrumbs or tidying up around me.
- She wheeked out the map.
- He asked a taxi driver how much it would cost to wheek him over to St Andrews.
- I successfully wheeked the lodged cotton bud out of my ear.
- He kept his van there so he could be wheeked around in the style to which he was accustomed.
- 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Rush; dash.
冲;急驰,飞奔 Example sentencesExamples - Words of uncertain origin but with a distinct onomatopoeic element include: birl to whirl, daud a thump or lump, dunt a thump, sclaff to slap, skrauch and skreich to shriek, wheech to move in a rush, yatter to chatter.
- He wheeks round tae Miss Doyle.
- He takes an age to lift it to the skies but eventually, wheech, up it goes, and we're all done and dusted.
- The entire nation passes the useless time watching the coloured balls wheek round each Saturday lottery evening.
Synonyms rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
OriginEarly 19th century: of imitative origin. |