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whistle

verb intransitive

[L., a whistle; allied to whisper.]

hwisl.

whistle

To utter a kind of musical sound, by pressing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips. While the plowman near at hand, whistles oer the furrowd land.

whistle

To make a sound with a small wind instrument. \ .

whistle

To sound shrill, or like a pipe. The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar.

whistle

verb transitive
To form, utter or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or air.

whistle

To call by a whistle; as, he whistled back his dog.

whistle

noun
Asmall wind instrument.

whistle

The sound made by a small wind instrument.

whistle

Sound made by pressing the breath through a small orifice of the lips.

whistle

The mouth; the organ of whistling.

whistle

A small pipe, used by a boatswain to summon the sailors to their duty; the boatswains call.

whistle

The shrill sound of winds passing among trees or through crevices.

whistle

Acall, such as sportsmen use to their dogs.