- whistle, whistling - the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
--1 is a kind of sound
Derived forms: verb whistle1, verb whistle5 - whistling - the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"
--2 is a kind of music
Derived form: verb whistle3 - whistle, whistling - the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game"
--3 is a kind of signal, signaling, sign
Derived form: verb whistle6
- whistle - make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling"
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun whistler2, noun whistling1
The birds whistle in the woods
The woods whistle with many kinds of birds
- whistle - move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- whistle - utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"
--3 is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun whistler2, noun whistling2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- whistle - move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries"
--4 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- whistle, sing - make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
--5 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun whistle1, noun whistling1
Something ----s
- whistle - give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"
--6 is one way to sign, signal, signalize, signalise
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun whistle2, noun whistling3
Somebody ----s PP
- whistle - utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"