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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.
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: 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.
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.
When someone whistles, they make a sound by forcing their breath out between their lips or their teeth. People sometimes whistle when they are surprised or shocked, or to call a dog, or to show that they are impressed.
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.
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.
