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(verb) utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody" |
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Related Words: communicate, intercommunicate |
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(verb) give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid" |
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Related Words: sign, signal, signalize |
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(verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" |
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Synonyms: sing |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(verb) move with, or as with, a whistling sound: "The bullets whistled past him" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries" |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(verb) make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(noun) a device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound |
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Related Words: acoustic device, boat whistle, factory whistle, steam whistle |
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(noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game" |
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Synonyms: whistling |
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Related Words: sign, signal, signaling |
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(noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture |
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Synonyms: whistling |
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Related Words: sound |
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(noun) an inexpensive fipple flute |
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Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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Related Words: fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute |
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