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Verb: whistle wisul- Make whistling sounds
"He lay there, snoring and whistling" - Move with, or as with, a whistling sound
"The bullets whistled past him" - Utter or express by whistling
"She whistled a melody" - Move, send, or bring as if by whistling
"Her optimism whistled away these worries" - Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
- sing - Give a signal by whistling
"She whistled for her maid"
Noun: whistle wisul- The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
- whistling - The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
"the whistle signalled the end of the game"
- whistling - A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
- Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
- An inexpensive fipple flute
- pennywhistle, tin whistle
Derived forms: whistled, whistles, whistling See also: whistler, whistling Type of: acoustic device, communicate, displace, fipple flute, fipple pipe, go, intercommunicate, locomote, move, recorder, sign, signal, signaling [US], signaling device, signalise [Brit], signalize, signalling, sound, travel, vertical flute, wind, wind instrument Encyclopedia: Whistle |