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    whis·tle
    [ˈ(h)wis(ə)l]
    noun
    whistle (noun) · whistles (plural noun)
    verb
    whistle (verb) · whistles (third person present) · whistled (past tense) · whistled (past participle) · whistling (present participle)
    1. emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth:
      "the audience cheered and whistled" · "I awoke to their cheerful whistling" · "a whistling noise"
      • produce (a tune) by whistling:
        "the postman whistled an old Rolling Stones number"
      • (especially of a bird or machine) produce a clear, high-pitched sound:
        "the kettle began to whistle"
      • produce a whistling sound by moving rapidly through the air or a narrow opening:
        "the wind was whistling down the chimney"
      • blow an instrument that makes a whistle, especially as a signal:
        "the referee did not whistle for a foul"
    Origin
    Old English (h)wistlian (verb), (h)wistle (noun), of Germanic origin; imitative and related to Swedish vissla ‘to whistle’.
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