whistle

  1. Noun.  A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
  2. Noun.  An act of whistling.
  3. Noun.  A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
  4. Noun.  Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
  5. Noun.  (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from ''whistle and flute'').
  6. Verb.  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.
  7. Verb.  To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.

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