Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - whistle
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Whistle
whistle
~1 v 1 »HIGH SOUND« to make a high or musical sound by blowing air out through your lips (Adam whistled happily as he walked along. | whistle a song/tune) (I heard this song on the radio and I've been whistling it all day. | whistle to sb (=to get their attention)) (Adrian whistled to them but they didn't seem to hear him.) 2 »USE A WHISTLE« to make a high sound by blowing into a whistle (The referee whistled and the game began.) 3 »GO/MOVE FAST« to move quickly with a whistling sound (Bullets and shells were whistling overhead.) 4 »STEAM TRAIN/KETTLE« to make a high sound when air or steam is forced through a small hole 5 »BIRD« to make a high, often musical sound 6 whistle in the dark informal to try to show that you are brave when really you are afraid (Her fine words had been so much whistling in the dark.) 7 you can whistle for it BrE spoken used to tell someone that there is no chance of them getting what they have asked for 8 not be whistling Dixie AmE spoken to be saying something because it is true, not just because you wish it was true (Hey, this is good - and I'm not just whistling Dixie.) ~2 n 1 a small object that produces a high whistling sound when you blow into it (blow a whistle) (Wait till the referee blows his whistle.) (- see also penny whistle) 2 a high sound made by blowing a whistle, by blowing air out through your lips, or when air or steam is forced through a small opening (- see also wolf whistle) 3 the sound of something moving quickly through the air (the whistle of the wind in the trees) (- see also blow the whistle on blow1 (22), clean as a whistle clean1 (19), wet your whistle wet2 (3))
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(whistles, whistling, whistled) 1. When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical notes by forcing your breath out between your lips, or your teeth. He was whistling softly to himself... As he washed he whistled a tune. VERB: V, V n 2. 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. He whistled, surprised but not shocked... Jenkins whistled through his teeth, impressed at last... VERB: V, V prep • Whistle is also a noun. Jackson gave a low whistle. N-COUNT: oft supp N see also wolf-whistle 3. If something such as a train or a kettle whistles, it makes a loud, high sound. Somewhere a train whistled... ...the whistling car radio. VERB: V, V-ing • whistling ...the whistling of the wind. N-SING: oft the N of n 4. If something such as the wind or a bullet whistles somewhere, it moves there, making a loud, high sound. The wind was whistling through the building... As I stood up a bullet whistled past my back. VERB: V prep, V prep 5. 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. ...the whistle of the wind. N-COUNT: oft N of n 6. A whistle is a small metal tube which you blow in order to produce a loud sound and attract someone’s attention. On the platform, the guard blew his whistle... N-COUNT 7. A whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. N-COUNT see also tin whistle 8. If you blow the whistle on someone, or on something secret or illegal, you tell another person, especially a person in authority, what is happening. Companies should protect employees who blow the whistle on dishonest workmates and work practices. = inform PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR on n see also whistle-blower 9. If...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistle; akin to Old Norse hvisla to whisper Date: before 12th century 1. a. a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube a police ~ b. a device through which air or steam is forced into a cavity or against a thin edge to produce a loud sound a factory ~ 2. a. a shrill clear sound produced by forcing breath out or air in through the puckered lips b. the sound produced by a ~ c. a signal given by or as if by whistling 3. a sound that resembles a ~; especially a shrill clear note of or as if of a bird II. verb (~d; whistling) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to utter a shrill clear sound by blowing or drawing air through the puckered lips b. to utter a shrill note or call resembling a ~ c. to make a shrill clear sound especially by rapid movement the wind ~d d. to blow or sound a ~ 2. a. to give a signal or issue an order or summons by or as if by whistling b. to make a demand without result he did a sloppy job, so he can ~ for his money transitive verb 1. a. to send, bring, signal, or call by or as if by whistling b. to charge (as a basketball or hockey player) with an infraction 2. to produce, utter, or express by whistling ~ a tune • ~able adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed lips. 2 a similar sound made by a bird, the wind, a missile, etc. 3 an instrument used to produce such a sound. --v. 1 intr. emit a whistle. 2 a intr. give a signal or express surprise or derision by whistling. b tr. (often foll. by up) summon or give a signal to (a dog etc.) by whistling. 3 tr. (also absol.) produce (a tune) by whistling. 4 intr. (foll. by for) vainly seek or desire. Phrases and idioms as clean (or clear or dry) as a whistle very clean or clear or dry. blow the whistle on colloq. bring (an activity) to an end; inform on (those responsible). whistle down the wind 1 let go, abandon. 2 turn (a hawk) loose. whistle in the dark pretend to be unafraid. whistle-stop 1 US a small unimportant town on a railway. 2 a politician's brief pause for an electioneering speech on tour. 3 (attrib.) with brief pauses (a whistle-stop tour). whistling kettle a kettle fitted with a whistle sounded by steam when the kettle is boiling. Etymology: OE (h)wistlian (v.), (h)wistle (n.) of imit. orig.: cf. ON hv{iacute}sla whisper, MSw. hvisla whistle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) свист свистеть 2) свисток 3) радио свистящий атмосферик - heterodyne whistle - steam whistle ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) свист 2) свистящий атмосферик 3) свисток (Гальтона) – Galton whistle – heterodyne whistle ...Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. noun 1) свист 2) свисток - penny whistle - tin whistle 3) coll. горло, гортань; глотка to pay for ones whistle - дорого платить за свою прихоть 2. v. 1) свистеть; давать свисток (как сигнал) 2) насвистывать (мотив и т.п.) 3) проноситься со свистом; a bullet whistled past him - мимо него просвистела пуля - whistle away - whistle up - whistle for - let go whistle - whistle for a wind - whistle in the dark WHISTLE away насвистывать WHISTLE for тщетно искать или желать чего-л. WHISTLE for a wind выжидать удобного случая WHISTLE in the dark а) ободрять, подбадривать; б) напускать на себя спокойствие, маскировать волнение, страх и т.п. WHISTLE stop amer.; coll. 1) полустанок 2) остановка в маленьких местечках для встречи с избирателями (во время избирательной кампании) WHISTLE up вызывать, подзывать ...Англо-русский словарь
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