whistler.
Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
Meaning & usage
Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
A broken-winded horse.
The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.
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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.