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Whistle Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Whistle?
[n] an inexpensive fipple flute
[n] acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound [n] the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" [n] the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture [v] utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" [v] give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid" [v] make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [v] move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him" [v] move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" [v] make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" Synonyms | Synonyms for Whistle: pennywhistle | sing | tin whistle | whistling | whistling Related Terms | Find terms related to Whistle: See Also | acoustic device | boat whistle | communicate | displace | factory whistle | fipple flute | fipple pipe | go | go | go | intercommunicate | locomote | move | recorder | sign | sign | signal | signal | signaling | signaling device | signalise | signalize | sound | sound | sound | steam whistle | travel | vertical flute Whistle In Webster's Dictionary \Whis"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan.
hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43.
See {Whisper}.]
1. To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by
forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by
contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or
series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
The weary plowman leaves the task of day, And,
trudging homeward, whistles on the way. --Gay.
2. To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument,
somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp,
shrill tone.
3. To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill
sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar.
--Pope.
\Whis"tle\, v. t. 1. To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air. 2. To send, signal, or call by a whistle. He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up. --Addison. {To whistle off}. (a) To dismiss by a whistle; -- a term in hawking. ``AS a long-winged hawk when he is first whistled off the fist, mounts aloft.'' --Burton. (b) Hence, in general, to turn loose; to abandon; to dismiss. I 'ld whistle her off, and let her down the wind To prey at fortune. --Shak. Note: ``A hawk seems to have been usually sent off in this way, against the wind when sent in search of prey; with or down the wind, when turned loose, and abandoned.'' --Nares. \Whis"tle\, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See {Whistle}, v. i.] 1. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle. Might we but hear The folded flocks, penned in their wattled cotes, . . . Or whistle from the lodge. --Milton. The countryman could not forbear smiling, . . . and by that means lost his whistle. --Spectator. They fear his whistle, and forsake the seas. --Dryden. 2. The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup. 3. An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a sound more or less like that made by one who whistles through the compressed lips; as, a child's whistle; a boatswain's whistle; a steam whistle (see {Steam whistle}, under {Steam}). The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. --Pope. 4. The mouth and throat; -- so called as being the organs of whistling. [Colloq.] So was her jolly whistle well ywet. --Chaucer. Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles. --Walton. {Whistle duck} (Zo["o]l.), the American golden-eye. |
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