Whistle

Noun

 * 1) A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
 * 2) An act of whistling.
 * 3) A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
 * 4) Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
 * 5)  A suit (from whistle and flute).
 * 6) * 2005, Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
 * We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.

Derived terms

 * bells and whistles
 * clean as a whistle‎
 * it's not the whistle that pulls the train


 * wet one's whistle
 * whistle-blower
 * whistle pig


 * whistle-stop
 * whistle walk

Verb

 * 1) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
 * 2) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
 * A bullet whistled past.

Derived terms

 * whistle Dixie


 * whistle in the dark


 * whistle past the graveyard

Adjectives for Whistle
noiseless; plaintive; hoarse; careless; expressive; fierce; denouncing; shrill; incessant; congratulatory; occasional.

Verbs for Whistle
blow on—; toot—; —alarms; —announces; —awakens; —beckons; —deafens; —distracts; —drowns out; —pierces; —pro¬claims; —rends; —screams; —shrieks; — shrills; —signals; —sounds; —splits; — startles; —wails; —warns.

Adverbs for Whistle
sharply; briskly; piercingly; incisively; warningly; desperately; weirdly; thinly; tunelessly; mockingly; gently; repetitiously; melodiously; plaintively.

Thesaurus
Angelus, Angelus bell, English horn, Klaxon, Mayday, Pandean pipe, SOS, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, anthem, assibilation, aulos, bagpipe, ballad, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, battle cry, bay, beacon, beam, beep, bell, birdcall, birdies, blare, blast, blat, blinking light, blooping, blow, blow a horn, blow the horn, blurping, boiler factory, boiler room, bombard, boo, bray, bugle, bugle call, bull-roarer, burglar alarm, buzz, buzzer, cackle, call, caper, caracole, carillon, carol, catcall, caterwaul, caw, chant, chatter, cheep, cherry bomb, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, choir, chorus, chuck, clack, clacker, clap hands, clapper, clarinet, clarion, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, coo, cracker, creak, cricket, croak, cromorne, cronk, croon, crostarie, crow, cuckoo, dance, delight, descant, distortion, do-re-mi, doodle, double bassoon, double reed, double-tongue, drum, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exult, fanfare, feedback, fiery cross, fife, fipple flute, fire alarm, fire bell, fire flag, firecracker, five-minute gun, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, flageolet, flashing light, flourish of trumpets, flute, flutter, fluttering, fog bell, fog signal, foghorn, frication, frictional rustling, frisk, frolic, gabble, gaggle, gale warning, gambol, give the bird, give the raspberry, glory, glow, gobble, groan, growl, guggle, hautboy, heckelphone, hiss, hissing, honk, hoo, hoot, hooter, horn, hornpipe, howl, howling, hue and cry, hum, hurricane warning, hush, hushing, hymn, intonate, intone, joy, jubilate, keen, last post, laugh, licorice stick, lighthouse, lilt, lip, lisp, minstrel, moan, moose call, motorboating, murmur, musette, mutter, noisemaker, note of alarm, oaten reed, oboe, oboe da caccia, ocarina, occulting light, panpipe, peal, peep, penny-whistle, piccolo, pip, pipe, police whistle, pommer, psalm, quack, quaver, radiate cheer, rallying cry, rattle, rattlebox, rebel yell, recorder, reed, reed instrument, rejoice, reveille, revel, rhonchus, roar, roll, rollick, romp, roulade, rumble, sax, saxophone, scold, scratching, screak, scream, screech, serenade, shake, shawm, shredding, shriek, shrill, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, signal of distress, sing, sing in chorus, single reed, single-reed instrument, siren, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skip, skip for joy, skirl, skreigh, small-craft warning, smile, snapper, snarl, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob, sol-fa, solmizate, sonorophone, sough, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, sparkle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squawk, squeak, squeal, squeals, squelch, squish, static, steam whistle, sternutation, stertor, still alarm, storm cone, storm flag, storm warning, summons, sweet potato, swish, syrinx, tabor pipe, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, tenoroon, ticktack, tin-whistle, tocsin, tongue, toot, tootle, tremolo, trill, triple-tongue, troll, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, tweedledee, tweet, twit, twitter, two-minute gun, ululate, ululation, upside-down flag, vocalize, wail, war cry, warble, wheeze, whine, whish, whisper, whistle at, whistles, whistling, white noise, whiz, whizgig, whizzer, whoosh, wind, wind the horn, woods, woodwind, woodwind choir, woodwind instrument, woomping, wow, wowwows, wrawl, yammer, yodel, zip

Etymology
whistlen:; hwistlan:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: fluit
 * Albanian: fishkëllimë
 * Armenian: սուլիչ
 * Azeri: fit
 * Breton: c'hwitell, c'hwitelloù
 * Bulgarian: свирка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 哨子, 口哨,
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Trillerpfeife
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ホイッスル,
 * Latvian: svilpe
 * Meru:
 * Polish: gwizdek
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: свисток
 * Scottish Gaelic: feadag
 * Serbian: pištaljka,, zviždalica , pištalica
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: sipol, pito
 * Turkish: ıslık
 * Ukrainian: свист, свисток
 * Vietnamese: còi, tiếng hót, tiếng huýt


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 口哨,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: svilpošana
 * Russian: свисток, свист


 * Armenian: սուլոց
 * Breton: c'hwitelladenn, c'hwitelladennoù
 * Croatian: zvižduk
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: fluittoon
 * Finnish:, vislaus
 * French: sifflement, sifflements
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: füttyszó
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Polish: gwizd
 * Portuguese:, assobio
 * Romanian: fluierat
 * Russian: свист
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, pitido,  ,  pitada
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: vissling


 * Breton: c'hwitelladenn, c'hwitelladennoù
 * Croatian: zvižduk
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: fluittoon
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: sípszó


 * Polish: gwizd
 * Portuguese: apito, assobio
 * Russian: свист
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,  pitido
 * Swahili:


 * : xiulet
 * : 口哨 (kǒushào)
 * : sifflet
 * : peluit
 * : peluit


 * : fischietto, fischio
 * : 호르라기 (horeuragi)
 * : kipenga
 * : ఈల (eela), బూర (boora)

Verb

 * Armenian: սուլել
 * Breton: c'hwitellat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 吹口哨, 鳴笛, 鸣笛
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, hvisle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: sibilar


 * Irish: lig fead
 * Japanese: 口笛を吹く
 * Latvian: svilpt
 * Polish: gwizdać, świstać
 * Portuguese: assobiar
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, свистнуть
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbian: zvižduk
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Breton: c'hwitellat
 * Danish: hvisle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, sivít


 * Russian:, просвистеть
 * Serbian: zviždanje,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * : xiular
 * : zviždati
 * : fajfi
 * : bersiul


 * : apitar, assobiar
 * : chiflar, silbar
 * : ఈల వేయు (eela vEyu), బూర ఊదు (boora oodu)