whistle

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, 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. (slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
6. (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

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 make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
3. To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
4. To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
5. (slang) To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization.

Sinònims

whistling

hiss

pipe

horn

siren

hooter

whizz

flute

🪈

catcall

sing

tinkle

jingle

hoot

sizzle

pennywhistle

blow

hum

fizz

whiz

whiffle

wheeze

toot

blow a whistle

piping

chirp

roar

growl

sweep

whistling sound

buzz

harmonica

fife

whine

singing

tin whistle

skim

sough

sound

🔉

squeak

squeal

alarm

straw

strum

swab

throat

trill

trumpet

🎺

tweet

twitter

whinny

whir

whirr

whisk

whisper

whistleblow

wind instrument

zip

make music

make sound

sibilation

whistle to

swing out

syren

give a whistle

sound indistinctly

blow a toy-trumpet

squealing

bird

🐦

blip

blowpipe

boo

bray

career

caterwaul

cheep

chink

chirk

chirrup

croak

drone

foghorn

graze

grunt

hailer

heckle

jeer

larynx

lute

mew

murmur

music

🎶

neigh

pass over

peep

phut

ping

post

puff

rake

roaring

signal

Amb guionet com

whist‧le

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɪsl̩/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below).