whistling

Meaning

whistle

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Synonyms

whistle
B2
piping
20k
hissing
C1
duck
B2
🦆
eagle
B2
🦅
hiss
C2
hoot
C2
murmuring
C1
piercing
C2
sibilant
singing
A2
swish
24k
trilling
C2
whirl
C2
whirring
B2
whizz
42k
whizzing
29k
zip
C1
sibilation

long-continued

fifing
bird
B1
🐦

sibilant rale

catcall
chirping
B2
Translations

sifflement
silbido
fischio
Pfeifen
sibilo

σφύριγμα

il fischiare

pfeifend
siffleur

pfeiffend

siffler
sifflet
Zischen

مصفر

Sausen
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈ(h)wɪslɪŋ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
whistlynge
Inherited from Middle English
whistlinge
Inherited from Old English
hwistlung
In summary

From Middle English whistlynge, equivalent to whistle + -ing.

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