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Whistle   /wˈɪsəl/  /hwˈɪsəl/   Listen
Whistle

noun
1.
The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture.  Synonym: whistling.
2.
The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.  Synonym: whistling.
3.
A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it.
4.
Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound.
5.
An inexpensive fipple flute.  Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle.
verb
(past & past part. whistled; pres. part. whistling)
1.
Make whistling sounds.
2.
Move with, or as with, a whistling sound.
3.
Utter or express by whistling.
4.
Move, send, or bring as if by whistling.
5.
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.  Synonym: sing.  "The bullet sang past his ear"
6.
Give a signal by whistling.



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"Whistle" Quotes from Famous Books



... I again answered Matthew, and there was snap enough in my eyes and voice to make him whistle under his breath as he literally swooped up Polly, and they both had the good sense to begin to talk about town affairs and leave unmentioned all ...
— The Golden Bird • Maria Thompson Daviess
... surprise produced the glasses. Sandy leant over, and, with face thrust forward, inspected the bill. Toby contented himself with a low whistle ...
— The Twins of Suffering Creek • Ridgwell Cullum
... seized upon this promise as a hint to depart, and he took his leave with suitable acknowledgments of gratitude and delight. When he got out of the palazzo, however, he gave a long, low whistle, like a man who felt he had escaped from a scene in which persecution had been a little lightened by the ridiculous, and uttered a few curses on the nations of the north, for being so inconsiderate as to have histories ...
— The Wing-and-Wing - Le Feu-Follet • J. Fenimore Cooper
... riding north through Custer gulch, noticed the placard so prominently posted for public inspection, and with a low whistle, expressive of astonishment, wheeled his horse out of the stage road, and rode over to the foot of the tree in question, and ran his eyes over the few irregularly-written lines traced ...
— Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road - or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills • Edward L. Wheeler
... three hundred elephants. Such being the case, let me hear no more of conjectures and opinions, for you have now my warrant for the fact, whose information is past doubting. Therefore, be satisfied; otherwise, I will put every man of you on board some crazy old fleet, and whistle you down the tide—no matter under what winds, no matter towards what shore." Finally, we might seek for characteristic anecdotes of Caesar in his unexampled liberalities ...
— "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries • Caius Julius Caesar


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