WHISTLE
- to make a shrill, clear musical sound [v WHISTLED, WHISTLES, WHISTLING]
- a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube a police whistle
- device through which air or steam is forced into a cavity or against a thin edge to produce a loud sound a factory whistle
- to make a high clear sound with breath, air, or steam
- device for making such sounds
- the sound of whistling
- to expose the existence of mischief or wrongdoing
- to bring a stop to; halt
- to expose (wrongdoing or wrongdoers)
- to take a drink
- to demand or expect without success
- to attempt to summon up one's courage or optimism in a difficult situation
- shrill clear sound produced by forcing breath out or air in through the puckered lips
- signal given by or as if by whistling
- sound that resembles a whistle
- to make a shrill sound [v WHISTLED, WHISTLING, WHISTLES]
- shrill clear note of or as if of a bird