Definition of whistle

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Whistle (v. i.) 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..

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Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air..
Whistlefish :: Whistlefish (n.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also whistler, three-bearded rockling, sea loach, and sorghe..
Blow :: Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows..
Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) 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..
Charm :: Charm (n.) Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden-eye.
Sorgne :: Sorgne (n.) The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish..
Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The hoary, or northern, marmot (Arctomys pruinosus)..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The golden plover and the gray plover.
Whistled :: Whistled (imp. & p. p.) of Whistl.
Whistlewing :: Whistlewing (n.) The American golden-eye.
Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle..
Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) 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)..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The whistlefish.
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The ring ousel.
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The widgeon.
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