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- Dictionarywhistle/ˈwɪsl/
noun
- 1. a clear, high-pitched sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between partly closed lips, or between one's teeth.
- 2. a suit. informal British
verb
- 1. emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth: "the audience cheered and whistled"
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The meaning of WHISTLE is a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube. How to use whistle in a sentence.
WHISTLE definition: 1. to make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, especially through the…. Learn more.
Whistle definition: to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.. See examples of WHISTLE used in a sentence.
n. 1. a. A small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath. b. A device for making whistling sounds by means of forced air or steam: a factory whistle. 2. A sound produced by a whistling device or by whistling through the lips. 3. A whistling sound, as of an animal or projectile. Idioms: blow the whistle Slang.
to move quickly through or past something, especially in a way that makes a long, high sound: whistle through She heard the wind whistling through the trees and the howl of a distant wolf. whistle past I stepped out of the building and immediately a bullet whistled past my head.
A whistle is a loud sound produced by air or steam being forced through a small opening, or by something moving quickly through the air.
Definitions of whistle. noun. the sound made when someone forces breath through pursed lips. see more. noun. the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. synonyms: whistling. see more. noun. the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.
(informal) to tell somebody in authority about something wrong or illegal that somebody is doing. See whistle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
WHISTLE meaning: 1. to make a sound by breathing air out through a small hole made with your lips or through a…. Learn more.
To produce a high-pitched sound by the rapid movement of air through an opening or past an obstruction. Wind whistled through the cracks in the windows. An instrument for making whistling sounds, as by forcing the breath or steam through a slit into a cavity or against a thin edge.
