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Whistling   /wˈɪslɪŋ/  /hwˈɪslɪŋ/   Listen
Whistling

noun
1.
The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture.  Synonym: whistle.
2.
The act of whistling a tune.
3.
The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle.  Synonym: whistle.


Whistle

verb
(past & past part. whistled; pres. part. whistling)
1.
Make whistling sounds.
2.
Move with, or as with, a whistling sound.
3.
Utter or express by whistling.
4.
Move, send, or bring as if by whistling.
5.
Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound.  Synonym: sing.  "The bullet sang past his ear"
6.
Give a signal by whistling.



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"Whistling" Quotes from Famous Books



... her fly," said Arnold, taking a speaking-tube from the wall and whistling thrice ...
— The Angel of the Revolution - A Tale of the Coming Terror • George Griffith
... westwards, and a yellow glow, the great beacon fire of the sun, burned out, a conflagration at the verge of the world. In the night, awaking gently as one who is whispered to—listen! Ah! all the orchestra is at work—the keyhole, the chink, and the chimney; whoo-hooing in the keyhole, whistling shrill whew-w-w! in the chink, moaning long and deep in the chimney. Over in the field the row of pines was sighing; the wind lingered and clung to the close foliage, and each needle of the million million ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies
... raised finger, listening breathlessly. Then the still air would be filled with beautiful, consoling music, and 'Hark,' they would say, 'the nightingale! A good man lives close by. Let us knock and ask protection.' And travellers hearing a blackbird whistling gaily before a hostelry would know that within doors was brave cheer and ...
— The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice • E. V. Lucas
... was that he would be alive to-day. With that thought gratitude had bubbled up and he had limped away, whistling, through dim lanes and budding hedgerows to the little ...
— The Kingdom Round the Corner - A Novel • Coningsby Dawson
... watching you as you came along the road," she said presently, "and you had your head down and your hands in your pockets, and you weren't throwing stones at anything, or whistling, or jumping over things; and I thought perhaps you'd bin scolded, ...
— Dream Days • Kenneth Grahame


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