Definition:
whistle
- whistleto make a shrill sound
- whistledevice through which air or steam is forced into a cavity or against a thin edge to produce a loud sound a factory whistle
- whistleto demand or expect without success
- whistlea small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube a police whistle
- whistleto expose the existence of mischief or wrongdoing
- whistleto make a high clear sound with breath, air, or steam
- whistleto bring a stop to; halt
- whistlesignal given by or as if by whistling
- whistleshrill clear note of or as if of a bird
- whistleto attempt to summon up one's courage or optimism in a difficult situation
- whistleshrill clear sound produced by forcing breath out or air in through the puckered lips
- whistlesound that resembles a whistle
- whistledevice for making such sounds
- whistleto expose (wrongdoing or wrongdoers)
- whistleto take a drink
- whistlethe sound of whistling