| Whistle (whistle) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Whis"tle |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Whistled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Whistling (?).] [AS. hwistlian] akin to Sw. hvissla,
Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv***imacr]sla to whisper, and E.
whis |
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.
To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam
instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill
tone.
To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a
sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the
air.
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| Whistle (whistle) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Whis"tle |
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To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to
whistle a tune or an air.
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
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| Whistle (whistle) |
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| n. | |
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| Whis"tle |
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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.
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.
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 mouth and throat; -- so called as being the
organs of whistling.
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