Whistle

What do we mean by whistle?

To produce a clear musical sound by forcing air through the teeth or through an aperture formed by pursing the lips. intransitive verb

To produce a clear, shrill, sharp musical sound by passing air over or through an opening. intransitive verb

To produce a high-pitched sound when moving swiftly through the air. intransitive verb

To produce a high-pitched sound by the rapid movement of air through an opening or past an obstruction. intransitive verb

To emit a shrill, sharp, high-pitched cry, as some birds and other animals. intransitive verb

To produce by whistling. intransitive verb

To summon, signal, or direct by whistling. intransitive verb

To signal a rule infraction committed by (a player). intransitive verb

A small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath. noun

A device for making whistling sounds by means of forced air or steam. noun

A sound produced by a whistling device or by whistling through the lips. noun

A whistling sound, as of an animal or projectile. noun

(blow the whistle) To expose a wrongdoing in the hope of bringing it to a halt. idiom

(whistle in the dark) To attempt to keep one's courage up. idiom

To utter a kind of musical sound by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips.

To emit a warbling or sharp, chirping sound or song, as a bird.

To sound shrill or sharp; move or rush with shrill or whizzing sound.

To sound a whistle or similar wind- or steam-instrument: as, locomotives whistle at crossings.

A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

An act of whistling.

A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

A suit (from whistle and flute).

The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

Words that are spelled similarly to whistle:
whistle, thistle, whittle, whirtle, whistly.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word whistle:
plunk, blower, bouzouki, whistling, blew, fiddle, blowing, blown, blows, flute, sounded, accordion, mandolin, coveted, cork, banjo, dolphin, harmonica, pipes, referee, tin, galway, clare, kerry, pitch, munster, alarm, percussion, blow, tune, wind, stop, instrument, penalty, horn, tone, sounds, pipe, test, locomotive, steam, drum, boom, heard, melody, register, champions, signal, guitar, sound, crowd, signature, vocal, call, train, fans, hear, instruments, drums, ball, bass, sing.

Words that rhyme with whistle:
missile, bristle, thistle, epistle, dismissal, istle, missal, bissell, gristle, fissile, missel, entwistle, kissel, antimissile, ballistic missile, milk thistle, sow thistle, guided missile, sissel, blessed thistle, canada thistle, blue thistle, bull thistle, russian thistle, creeping thistle, boar thistle, scotch thistle, antiballistic missile, hisel, judgment of dismissal, woolly thistle, globe thistle, kissell, bisel, brook thistle, intercontinental ballistic missile, musk thistle, european woolly thistle, spear thistle, holy thistle, judgement of dismissal, plume thistle, field thistle, melancholy thistle, nodding thistle, white thistle, horse thistle, golden thistle, cotton thistle, wissel, naval missile, chris hill, chris hull, cissell, euromissile, fissel, fissell, glycel, miss hill, miss hull, schissel, this hill, this ill, tricil.

Adjectives that are often used to describe whistle:
low, shrill, long, loud, sharp, little, soft, final, clear, locomotive, pitched, distant, short, peculiar, faint, prolonged, thin, silent, plaintive, familiar, occasional, slow, drawn, sweet, wooden, mournful, hoarse, merry, soundless, musical, cheery, double, cheerful, slight, mellow, like, melodious, wild, magic, sudden, strange, note, tiny, quick, melancholy, off, toned, tuneless, pensive, reed, appreciative, penny, lonely, splitting, distinctive, eagle, eerie, lonesome, strident, noiseless, golden, harsh, known, characteristic, tremulous, liquid, utter, inaudible, highpitched, curious, piercing, audible, quiet.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective whistle:
blowers, blower, stop, blowing, stops, tip, stopping, pipe, blasts, blast, cord, blow, signal, signals, blows, call, binkie, lever, sounds, jack, duck, wood, note, voice, fish, jacket, breeches, valve, figurines, player, ducks, pig, calls, flutes, matching, sound, britches, rope, talk, giggle, flute, buoy, wing, mouthpiece, politics, figurine, shrills, deformity, hypothesis, solo, inches, sounding, outside, noises, echoes, punk, blade, vengeance, breaks, screams, catheter, shrieking, foghorns, maker, convergence, scream, dance, shrieks, imitation, tune, nose, pipes, tooting, fill, rhapsodies, elevation, wings, wail, bell.

Consonant match to whistle:
wiesel, wessel, wassel, weesel, wesil, weisel, wissel, wessell, wasil, wassell, we sail, we sell, weiss l, why sell, y cell, y sale.

Words that sound like whistle:
whistle, wissel, wisl, wessel, wesel, wiesel, weisel, wassel, wasl, wuzzle, wesil, hisel, weasel, whistles, whistled, weazel, weezel, weesel, wissa, wisa, hustle, missile, missle, hussle, missel, mistle, missal, missil, wissing, sissel, scissile, hessel, usul, visile, sisel, nissl, wessels, wensel, westall, wiswell, wessa, whetsel, wustl, hassle, hassel, hassell, housel, heisel, hysell, hasl, wysong, muscle, vessel, wrestle, wiggle, russell, rustle, tussle, nestle, russel, whittle, mussel, pestle, swizzle, wiffle, widdle, withal, whipple, vessal, twizzle, wirral, sessile, walsall, nessel, wurzel, micelle, widl, wissen, rusle, messel, nustle, nesle, wassa, mesl, witzel, wusa, tesl, sessel, warsle, wastel, wachtel, tussal, wiso, mousle, wesa, mrl, wisi, wosa, wet cell, bisel.