whistle
/wษชslฬฉ/IPA: /W IH1 S AH0 L/
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A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
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An act of whistling.
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A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
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Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
โthe whistle of the wind in the treesโ
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A suit (from whistle and flute).
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The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
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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.
โNever whistle at a funeral.โ
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To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
โThe stream train whistled as it passed by.โ
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To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
โA bullet whistled past.โ
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To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
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