whistle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also

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Middle English whistlen; Old English hwistlan.

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• (UK) IPA: /wɪsl̩/, SAMPA: /wIsl=/

  Rhymes: -ɪsəl

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whistle (plural whistles)

1. A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
2. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
3. Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
4. (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.

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to whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)

1. 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.
2. To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.

   A bullet whistled past.

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• Whistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• whistle in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.