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English to English noun
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the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | | Example: the whistle signalled the end of the game
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a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | | source: wordnet30
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acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | | source: wordnet30
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an inexpensive fipple flute | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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make whistling sounds | | Example: He lay there, snoring and whistling
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move with, or as with, a whistling sound | | Example: The bullets whistled past him
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utter or express by whistling | | Example: She whistled a melody
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move, send, or bring as if by whistling | | Example: Her optimism whistled away these worries
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make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | | Example: the kettle was singing
the bullet sang past his ear
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give a signal by whistling | | Example: She whistled for her maid
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To form, utter, or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or an air. | | source: webster1913
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