whistle
IPA: wˈɪsʌɫ
noun
- A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
- An act of whistling.
- 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).
- (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
- (intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
- (transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
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Examples of "whistle" in Sentences
- The referee blew the whistle.
- The wind whistles around the house.
- Its call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- It's call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- One of his experiments was an infrasonic whistle.
- The Unicorns use the penny whistle in the song Sea Ghost.
- The song is a monotonous whistle, and the call is a harsh check.
- Generally, the more air forced through the mouth, the louder the whistle.
- The male's call is a shrill whistle, and the female's is throatier whistle.
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