whistle.
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
Meaning & usage
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.
A suit (from whistle and flute).
The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below).
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.
He was whistling a happy tune.
To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
The steam train whistled as it passed by.
To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
A bullet whistled past.
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Swedish vissla (“to whistle”), Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.