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whistle
English
Etymology
From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-Germanic *hwistl?n? (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian ???????? (svistet?, “to whistle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?sl?/, /??sl?/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Noun
whistle (countable and uncountable, plural whistles)
- 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.
- the whistle of the wind in the trees
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).
- (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
- Let's […] drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
- Never whistle at a funeral.
- She was whistling a happy tune.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
- The stream train whistled as it passed by.
- (intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
- A bullet whistled past.
- (transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- whistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Whistle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- whilest
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warble
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w??bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w??bl?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)b?l
Etymology 1
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Verb
warble (third-person singular simple present warbles, present participle warbling, simple past and past participle warbled)
- (transitive) To modulate a tone's frequency.
- (transitive) To sing like a bird, especially with trills.
- (transitive) To cause to quaver or vibrate.
- (intransitive) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Synonyms
- (to modulate a tone's frequency): trill
Derived terms
- warbler
- warbly
Translations
Noun
warble (countable and uncountable, plural warbles)
- The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.
- (military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
Etymology 2
From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.
Noun
warble (plural warbles)
- A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.
- A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.
Derived terms
- warble fly
Translations
Anagrams
- bawler
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