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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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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.
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.
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.
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. Hugh listened to the whistle of a train. [ + of ]
A whistle is a small wind instrument, and you probably know people who are good at whistling without an instrument. Trains have whistles, and the wind whistles too. The world is full of whistles.
Whistle definition: To produce a clear musical sound by forcing air through the teeth or through an aperture formed by pursing the lips.
(informal) to tell somebody in authority about something wrong or illegal that somebody is doing. See whistle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
Definition of whistle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
