verb🔗ShareTo 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."soundactionhumanbodycommunicationmusicentertainmentphysiologysensationphoneticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc."The stream train whistled as it passed by."soundmusicactioncommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo move in such a way as to create a whistling sound."A bullet whistled past."soundactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo send, signal, or call by a whistle."The lifeguard was whistling to warn the children to stay away from the deep end of the pool. "soundcommunicationsignalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA shrill, breathy sound; a whistle."The tea kettle's whistling told me the water was boiling. "soundmusicsensationcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
