whistle
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English whistlen; Old English hwistlan.
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[edit] Noun
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whistle (plural whistles)
- A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
- A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
- Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
- 2005, Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
- We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.
- 2005, Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
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Terms derived from the noun whistle
[edit] Translations
device used to make a whistling sound
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sound made by whistling
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sound similar to the sound made by whistling
slang: a suit — see suit
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[edit] Verb
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to whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)
- To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
- To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
- A bullet whistled past.
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Terms derived from the verb whistle
[edit] Translations
to produce a whistling sound
to move is such a way as to make a whistling sound
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[edit] See also
whistle in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.