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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.