whistler
IPA: wˈɪsɫɝ
noun
- Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
- Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
- Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
- A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
- A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
- A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
- An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
- A broken-winded horse.
- (slang, obsolete) The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename
- A resort town in British Columbia, Canada.
- Ellipsis of Whistler Mountain. A mountain in British Columbia, Canada
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Examples of "whistler" in Sentences
- Whistler was an inimitable host.
- The content of The Whistler Answer was mostly satire.
- Whistler may have had a dalliance with her at the time.
- Could you please tell me how the word whistler relates.
- A tin whistle player is called a tin whistler or whistler.
- She was a pitch perfect whistler in the manner of Bing Crosby.
- Tagore's work also shows the influence of Whistler's Aestheticism.
- Odlaw Whistler is the pianist who runs the music in the opera house.
- He also developed skills as a whistler and showed a facility with language.
- Whistler fetches the carp from the water and returns Toad to the other animals.
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