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Whistle

/wɪsl̩/

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

📖 Definitions of "Whistle"

noun
  1. 1

    A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

  2. 2

    An act of whistling.

  3. 3

    A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

  4. 4

    Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

    "the whistle of the wind in the trees"

verb
  1. 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.

    "Never whistle at a funeral."

  2. 2

    To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.

    "The stream train whistled as it passed by."

  3. 3

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

    "A bullet whistled past."

  4. 4

    To send, signal, or call by a whistle.

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