Definition of whistle

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Whistle (v. t.) To send, signal, or call by a whistle..

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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 plover and the gray plover.
Sough :: Sough (v. i.) To whistle or sigh, as the wind..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The ring ousel.
Whew :: Whew (n. & interj.) A sound like a half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike..
Winding :: Winding (n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
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)..
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..
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-eye.
Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. t.) To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air..
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) The peeping whistle, call, or note of a bird..
Whistler :: Whistler (n.) The widgeon.
Flute :: Flute (v. t.) To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute..
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..
Whistling :: Whistling () a. & n. from Whistle, v..
Golden-eye :: Golden-eye (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common..
Whistlewing :: Whistlewing (n.) The American golden-eye.
Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To call or direct, as a crew, by the boatswain's whistle..
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