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1. Make whistling sounds
   "He lay there, snoring and whistling"
    
2. Move with, or as with, a whistling sound
   "The bullets whistled past him"
    
3. Utter or express by whistling
   "She whistled a melody"
    
4. Move, send, or bring as if by whistling
   "Her optimism whistled away these worries"
    
5. Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
   - sing
    
6. Give a signal by whistling
   "She whistled for her maid"

1. The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
   - whistling
    
2. The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
   "the whistle signalled the end of the game"
   - whistling
    
3. A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
    
4. Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
    
5. An inexpensive fipple flute
   - pennywhistle, tin whistle

Derived forms: whistled, whistles, whistling

See also: whistler, whistling

Type of: acoustic device, communicate, displace, fipple flute, fipple pipe, go, intercommunicate, locomote, move, recorder, sign, signal, signaling [US], signaling device, signalise [Brit], signalize, signalling, sound, travel, vertical flute, wind, wind instrument

Encyclopedia: Whistle