What is another word for whistle?
Synonyms for whistle
ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs-whis·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
whistle, whistlingnoun
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
Synonyms:
pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistlewhistle, whistlingnoun
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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pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistlewhistlenoun
a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
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pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistlewhistlenoun
acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
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pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistlepennywhistle, tin whistle, whistleverb
an inexpensive fipple flute
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pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistlewhistleverb
make whistling sounds
"He lay there, snoring and whistling"
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singwhistleverb
move with, or as with, a whistling sound
"The bullets whistled past him"
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singwhistleverb
utter or express by whistling
"She whistled a melody"
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singwhistleverb
move, send, or bring as if by whistling
"Her optimism whistled away these worries"
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singwhistle, singverb
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
"the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
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spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, sing, talkwhistleverb
give a signal by whistling
"She whistled for her maid"
Synonyms:
sing
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#816 | talk | |
#4148 | alarm | |
#5694 | sing | |
#11696 | peach | |
#15014 | whistle | |
#32248 | babble | |
#34942 | whistling | |
#58800 | hissing | |
#95599 | blab | |
#102240 | tattle | |
#154939 | pennywhistle |
How to use whistle in a sentence?
The notion of identity politics has been peddled for the last 10 years, and its been used as a dog whistle to say that we shouldnt pay too much attention to the new voices coming into progress.
I'm not sure they( WADA) realized they had the muscle until we got our teeth into some reliable evidence and followed up on it and came out with a report with recommendations, maybe that's the new WADA. Maybe we could have gotten there sooner if we had known how to deal with the kind of information that was coming from whistle blowers.
To be honest, it's not particularly novel. What they have done, however, which is a bit interesting is introduce a new bell or a new whistle, if you like, in terms of the virus, which is to also have an effect on some of the supporting cells. So one of the things that's very exciting about current cancer biology is an increased understanding of the fact that while you've got cancer cells and tumor cells, which are important targets; actually there's a lot of supporting cells around the cancer that also get modified in that environment and start to mis-behave.
Do we want to be in a world where machine security guards are watching our every move and blowing the whistle on every petty violation of every law, rule, statute or guideline? that's potentially a nightmare vision.
Its no longer a dog whistle, its a bullhorn.
Translations for whistle
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- fluitAfrikaans
- fitAzerbaijani
- свиркаBulgarian
- c'hwitelladennoù, c'hwitellat, c'hwitelloù, c'hwitelladenn, c'hwitellBreton
- xiulada, xiular, xiulo, xiuletCatalan, Valencian
- pískat, píšťalka, píšťalaCzech
- fløjte, fløjt, hvisleDanish
- Pfiff, Trillerpfeife, flöten, Flöte, Pfeife, pfeifenGerman
- σφύριγμα, σφυρίζω, σφυρίχτρα, σφυριξιάGreek
- fajfo, fajfiEsperanto
- pito, silbar, pitido, chiflar, silbato, chiflido, pitada, chifle, pitarSpanish
- pilli, vihellys, viheltää, vislausFinnish
- sifflements, sifflet, siffler, sifflementFrench
- lig fead, feadaíl, [[bí]] [[ag]] [[feadaíl]], feadógIrish
- fead, feadag, dèan fead, feadanScottish Gaelic
- chifreGalician
- שריקהHebrew
- सीटीHindi
- siflètHaitian Creole
- fütyül, sípszó, sivít, füttyszó, sípHungarian
- սուլել, սուլոց, սուլիչArmenian
- sibilarInterlingua
- fischiare, fischio, fischiettoItalian
- משרוקיתHebrew
- ホイッスル, 口笛, 口笛を吹く, 笛Japanese
- កញ្ចែ, ហួចKhmer
- PäifLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- svilpiens, svilpt, svilpošana, svilpeLatvian
- wisel, siulanMalay
- suffaraMaltese
- fløyteNorwegian
- fluiten, fluittoon, fluitjeDutch
- fløyteNorwegian Nynorsk
- siblar, fiularOccitan
- gwizd, świstać, gwizdek, gwizdaćPolish
- assovio, assoviada, assoviar, assobiada, assobio, assobiar, apitada, apitoPortuguese
- tschüblar, schular, tschüvler, tschivlar, schivlar, tgularRomansh
- șuiera, fluierat, fluier, fluieraRomanian
- свисток, свистнуть, свист, свистеть, просвистетьRussian
- zviždanje, zvižduk, zviždalica, zviždaljka, pištaljka, zviždati, pištalicaSerbo-Croatian
- fishkëllimëAlbanian
- visselpipa, vissling, vissla, pipaSwedish
- kipenga, firimbi, filimbiSwahili
- ஈசல்Tamil
- นกหวีดThai
- pito, sipolTagalog
- ıslık, düdükTurkish
- свист, свистокUkrainian
- còi, tiếng huýt, tiếng hótVietnamese
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