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Whistling   /wˈɪslɪŋ/  /hwˈɪslɪŋ/   Listen
Whistling

noun
1.
The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture.  Synonym: whistle.
2.
The act of whistling a tune.
3.
The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.  Synonym: whistle.


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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"Whistling" Quotes from Famous Books



... perceive a young man pacing the quarter-deck, and whistling, as he walks, a lively air from La Bayadere. He is dressed neatly in a blue pilot-cloth pea-jacket, well-shaped trowsers, neat-fitting boots, and a Mahon cap, with gilt buttons. This gentleman is Mr. Langley. His father is a messenger in the Atlas Bank, ...
— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 • Various
... my boy. You're a gentleman and an artist, and I trust you absolutely." And he walked away, whistling with rare skill the D flat valse ...
— Visionaries • James Huneker
... the trappers have them; and they heard Nightly the whistling calls of forest-men That mocked the forest wonners; and they saw Over the open, raging up like doom, The dangerous dust-cloud, that was full of eyes,— The bisons. So were three years gone like one; And the old cities ...
— Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Jean Ingelow
... it was not music, but an indistinct and celestial harmony which penetrated my very soul. I discovered that it was produced by a violent wind which had just then arisen; my ear distinguished the distant noise and the whistling usually heard on such occasions, but the winds changing their nature as they approached this asylum of peace and friendship, formed only the most enchanting harmony as they met its trees and its walls. I was strongly disposed to believe in prodigies; but nevertheless I was determined ...
— The "Ladies of Llangollen" • John Hicklin
... the second floor. At one corner of the long corridor there was a notification that the numbers ran from 300 to 360. A waiter passed me, whistling; two girls were chattering and laughing in a kind of office at the stair-head; the various noises of the courtyard came up through ...
— Stories of Modern French Novels • Julian Hawthorne


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