whistle

/wษชslฬฉ/

IPA: /W IH1 S AH0 L/

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.

    โ€œthe whistle of the wind in the treesโ€

  5. 5

    A suit (from whistle and flute).

  6. 6

    The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

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.

    โ€œNever whistle at a funeral.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œThe stream train whistled as it passed by.โ€

  3. 3

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

    โ€œA bullet whistled past.โ€

  4. 4

    To send, signal, or call by a whistle.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whistle