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"Whistle" Definition

noun

A device for making whistling sounds by means of forced air or steam: a factory whistle.
A small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath.
A sound produced by a whistling device or by whistling through the lips.
A whistling sound used to summon or command.
A whistling sound, as of an animal or a projectile.

idiom

Blow the whistle Slang To expose a wrongdoing in the hope of bringing it to a halt: an attorney who blew the whistle on governmental corruption.

verb-transitive

To cause to move with a whistling noise.
To produce by whistling: whistle a tune.
To summon, signal, or direct by whistling.

verb-intransitive

To emit a shrill, sharp, high-pitched cry, as some birds and other animals.
To produce a clear musical sound by forcing air through the teeth or through an aperture formed by pursing the lips.
To produce a clear, shrill, sharp musical sound by blowing on or through a device.
To produce a high-pitched sound by the rapid movement of air through an opening or past an obstruction: Wind whistled through the cracks in the windows.
To produce a high-pitched sound when moving swiftly through the air: The stone whistled past my head.

verb

To utter a shrill clear sound by blowing or drawing air through the puckered lips.
To utter a shrill note or call resembling a whistle.
To make a shrill clear sound especially by rapid movement.
To blow or sound a whistle.
To give a signal or issue an order or summons by or as if by.

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