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Definition: Whistle |
WhistleNoun1. The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture. 2. The act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game". 3. Acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound. 4. An inexpensive fipple flute. Verb1. Make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling". 2. Move with, or as with, a whistling sound: "The bullets whistled past him". 3. Utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody". 4. Move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries". 5. Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear". 6. Give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "whistle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To hear a whistle in your dream, denotes that you will be shocked by some sad intelligence, which will change your plans laid for innocent pleasure. To dream that you are whistling, foretells a merry occasion in which you expect to figure largely. This dream for a young woman indicates indiscreet conduct and failure to obtain wishes is foretold. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Whistle (noun). Champion of the whistle. The person who can hold out longest in a drinking bout. A Dane, in the train of Anne of Denmark, had an ebony whistle placed on the table, and whoever of his guests was able to blow it when the rest of the company were too far gone for the purpose was called the champion. Sir Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, after a rouse lasting three nights and three days, left the Dane under the table and blew his requiem on the whistle. To wet one's whistle. To take a drink. Whistle means a pipe (Latin, fistula; Saxon, hwistle), hence the wind-pipe. "So was hir joly whistal well y-wet." Chaucer: Cantervury Tales. You paid too dearly for your whistle. You paid dearly for something you fancied, but found that it did not answer your expectation. The allusion is to a story told by Dr. Franklin of his nephew, who set his mind on a common whistle, which he bought of a boy for four times its value. Franklin says the ambitious who dance attendance on court, the miser who gives this world and the next for gold, the libertine who ruins his health for pleasure, the girl who marries a brute for money, all pay "too much for their whistle." Worth the whistle. Worth calling; worth inviting; worth notice. The dog is worth the pains of whistling for. Thus Heywood, in one of his dialogues consisting entirely of proverbs, says, "It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling." Goneril says to Albany- "I have been worth the whistle." Shakespeare: King Lear, iv 2. Whistle (verb). You may whistle for that. You must not expect it. The reference is to sailors whistling for the wind. "They call the winds, but will they come when they do call them?" "Only a little hour ago I was whistling to St. Antonio For a capful of wind to fill our sail, And instead of a breeze he has sent a gale." Longfellow: Golden Legend. v. You must whistle for more. In the old whistle-tankards, the whistle comes into play when the tankard is empty, to announce to the drawer that more liquor is wanted. Hence the expression, If a man wants liquor, he must whistle for it. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | WHISTLE. The throat. To wet one's whistle; to drink. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A whistle is a one-note woodwind instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. (For the sound produced with the mouth, see whistling.)Many types exist, from small police whistles (also called pea whistles or penny whistles), to much larger steam whistles used on locomotives and ships. They are not usually considered 'musical' as such, but musical versions that work on the same principle exist, for example the tin whistle, organ pipes and the Recorder.
The whistle works by causing the smooth flow of air to be split by a narrow blade, sometimes called a 'fipple', creating a turbulent vortex which causes the air to vibrate. By attaching a resonant chamber to the basic whistle, it may be tuned to a particular note and made louder. The length of the chamber typically defines the resonant frequency. A whistle may also contain a small light ball, usually called the pea, which rattles around inside, creating a chaotic vibrato effect that intensifies the sound.
A steam whistle works the same way, but using steam as a source of pressure - such whistles may produce extremely high sound intensities.
Sometimes, unintentional whistles can be set up. A common one is the opened sunroof of a car - air passing over the top of the vehicle can, at certain speeds, strike the back edge of the sunroof, creating a very low frequency whistle which is resonated by the closed interior of the car. Since the sound frequency is infrasonic, about 4 Hz or so, the effect is very uncomfortable for occupants, who feel the vibration rather than hear it. Such low frequencies can induce nausea, headache, disorientation and dizziness. The effect can be prevented by opening a side window a few inches.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Whistle."
Synonyms: WhistleSynonyms: pennywhistle (n), tin whistle (n), whistling (n), sing (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: whistled (post & telecom, transportation). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Alarm | Noun: alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle. |
Cleanness | Adverb: neatly; Adjective: clean as a whistle. |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
Contempt | Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful). |
Dearness | Pay too much, pay through the nose, pay too dear for one's whistle, pay top dollar. |
Desire | Woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle. |
Drunkenness | Liquor, liquor up; wet one's whistle, take a whet; crack a bottle, pass the bottle; toss off; (drink up); go to the alehouse, go to the public house. |
Food | Drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill, chugalug, tipple; (be drunken); empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle. |
Inaction | Lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought. |
Inexpedience | Verb: be inexpedient; Adjective:; come amiss; (disagree); embarrass; (hinder); put to inconvenience; pay too dear for one's whistle. |
Inutility | Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late);seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible). |
Perfection | AdVerb: to perfection; perfectly; Adjective: ad unguem; clean, - as a whistle. |
Request | Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for. |
Unskillfulness | Not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Whistle |
| English words defined with "whistle": blow, boat whistle ♦ dropping ♦ factory whistle, falling, fipple flute, fipple pipe ♦ kwela ♦ laniard, lanyard ♦ recorder ♦ steam whistle, swishing, swishy ♦ thrill, To whistle off ♦ vertical flute ♦ Whew, Whistled, whistling, Whistling thrush, wolf-whistle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "whistle": Annie Laurie ♦ bells and whistles, bridge tender ♦ Captain Crunch, CAT CALL, Cat-call ♦ DOODLE, DRAWBRIDGE OPERATOR ♦ highballer ♦ Letter-carrier, Locomotive ♦ Pito de peronilla, Public-house Signs ♦ RIGGING SLINGER ♦ Whistle Down the Wind, Whistle for the Wind, whistling meteor. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "whistle": Whew. (references) |
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Screenplays | If he honestly thinks that the environmental community is going to whistle a happy tune while rallying support around this pitifully lame mockery of environmental leadership just because he's a nice guy and he's done better than his predecessors, then your boss is the Chief Executive of Fantasyland (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Then I'll write a song and we'll put it in the show and whenever you sing it or hear it. Or whistle or hum it then you'll know (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) You shall call off my children with this whistle, and I will call you with a whistle (The Sound of Music; writing credit: Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II) Hillbillies, hausfraus - everybody that's got to jump when someone else blows a whistle! They're mine (A Face in the Crowd; writing credit: Budd Schulberg) Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie (The Outlaw Josey Wales; writing credit: Forrest Carter; Sonia Chernus) | |
Lyrics | And I can make every tackle, at the sound of the whistle, (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) Hey you, blow your whistle (Count It Off; performing artist: Jade) I bet you'll hear my whistle blowin' when my train rolls in (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK) Starts to whistle as he crosses the street (Another Day In Paradise; performing artist: Phil Collins) Or the whistle of a train (As I Lay Me Down; performing artist: Sophie B. Hawkins) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Whistle Blowers (1972) Ngitngit ng pitong whistle bomb (1968) Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968) The Pig and Whistle (1967) After the Whistle Blows (1964) | |
Song Titles | Magic Whistle, The (performing artist: Tom Paxton) Silver Whistle (performing artist: Prior/Tabor) | |
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 | Flags on bell and whistle buoys Using harbor buoys for signals for survey work off the BACHE Black flags showed up best. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Wetting his whistle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Motor "whistle stop". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoaking hot political squabble, wishes to whet his whistle / Rowlandson del. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dreyfus for governor campaign whistle stop special is coming to town : meet Lee Dreyfus. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Windmill vase" by Luis Alves Commentary: "A windmill vase. This vases whistle when the wind is strong, this way the windmill workers knew when it work was calling. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when" |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Slide whistle. | | Slide whistle down and up. |
| Slide whistle. | | Break whistle at a factory. |
| Steam whistle. | | Police whistle. |
| Police whistle. | | Blowing police whistle once. |
| High whistle. | | Slide whistle down and up. |
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Beaumont and Fletcher | Whistle, and she'll come to you. |
Diogenes of Sinope | Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience. |
Oliver Goldsmith | He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. |
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Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | At this moment the whistle was heard, and two trains rushed into the station |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The driver concluded to whistle, and swear at his horses |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A second shrill whistle, prolonged angrily, brought one of the girls to the foot of the staircase |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | A high, shrill whistle of crickets |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | If it would do any good, I would whistle for them |
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Health | There are several types of apraxia including limb-kinetic (inability to make fine, precise movements with a limb), ideomotor (inability to carry out a motor command), ideational (inability to create a plan for or idea of a specific movement), buccofacial or facial-oral (inability to carry out facial movements on command, i.e., lick lips, whistle, cough, or wink) ? which is perhaps the most common form, verbal (difficulty coordinating mouth and speech movements), constructional (inability to draw or construct simple configurations), and oculomotor (difficulty moving the eyes). (references) | |
Economic History | Germany | Most state governments have contact points for whistle blowing and provisions for rotating personnel in areas prone to corruption. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Whistle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.30% of the time. "Whistle" is used about 678 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.3% | 551 | 11,300 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 12.52% | 85 | 35,870 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.53% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.65% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 678 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "whistle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Whistle | Last name | 100 | 76,195 |
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Expressions using "whistle": air whistle ♦ blast on the whistle ♦ blow a whistle ♦ blow the whistle ♦ blow the whistle on ♦ boat whistle ♦ clean as a whistle ♦ factory whistle ♦ final whistle ♦ give a whistle ♦ heterodyne whistle ♦ not worth a whistle ♦ pay too dear for one's whistle ♦ penny whistle ♦ police whistle ♦ starting whistle ♦ steam whistle ♦ tin whistle ♦ To wet one's whistle ♦ To whistle off ♦ wet ones whistle ♦ wet one's whistle ♦ when the whistle blows ♦ whistle back ♦ whistle buoy ♦ whistle Dixie ♦ whistle duck ♦ whistle for ♦ whistle for a cab ♦ whistle for smth. ♦ whistle for want of thought ♦ whistle stop ♦ whistle stop train trip ♦ whistle up ♦ wolf whistle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "whistle": whistle-a-happy-tune, whistle-blast, whistle-blower, whistle-blowers, whistle-blowing, whistle-chains, whistle-happy, whistle-stop, whistle-stop tour. | |
Ending with "whistle": wolf-whistle. | |
Containing "whistle": screech-whistle-screech. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
whistle | 536 | bosuns whistle | 22 |
tin whistle | 97 | fried green tomato at the whistle stop cafe | 19 |
dog whistle | 96 | whistle blower and law | 19 |
whistle blower | 89 | exhaust whistle | 18 |
steam whistle | 79 | whistle blower act | 17 |
tip whistle | 61 | bell whistle | 17 |
penny whistle | 58 | whistle song | 17 |
train whistle | 58 | acme whistle | 16 |
whistle blowing | 52 | bear whistle | 15 |
pig whistle | 40 | grey old test whistle | 15 |
deer whistle | 39 | pig n whistle | 15 |
blow your whistle | 37 | twurk while whistle | 15 |
whistle stop | 32 | wav whistle | 14 |
learn whistle | 30 | bird whistle | 14 |
whistle stop cafe | 30 | irish tin whistle | 13 |
whistle down the wind | 29 | make whistle | 11 |
whistle with your finger | 27 | loud whistle | 11 |
wolf whistle | 26 | pintail whistle | 11 |
irish whistle | 25 | whistle while you work | 11 |
fox 40 whistle | 24 | safety whistle | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "whistle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fërshëllej (hiss, pipe). (various references) | |
Arabic | تصفير (hiss), عبر عن كذا بالصفير, طلب على غير طائل, صفارة (buzzer, hooter), صفر (beep, blow, cipher, hiss, hoot, naught, nil, nought, pipe, toot, tootle, wheeze, yellow, zero), الفم و الحنجرة. (various references) | |
Aymara | khuyuña (to whistle). (various references) | |
Basque | txistu jo (hiss to, whistle to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | свистя (hiss, ping, pipe, scream, sing, swish, whiffle, whiz, whoosh, zip), свиркване, свиркам, свирка (hooter, pipe, quill), свирене (blast, piping, tootle), гърло (gorge, gullet, manhole, mouth, neck, pharynx, swallow, throat, weasand), подсвиркване, подсвирквам си, подсвирквам, изсвиркване, изсвирвам, доноснича (fink, grass, peach, snitch, squeak, squeal, stool). (various references) | |
Chinese | 吹口哨 . (various references) | |
Czech | pískat (hiss, hoot, tootle), hvízdnutí (zip), hvízdat (whiz). (various references) | |
Danish | fløte. (various references) | |
Dutch | fluiten (hiss), gieren (cry out, fertilize, scream, shout, skid), fluitje. (various references) | |
Esperanto | fajfilo, fajfi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | floyta (flute), bríksla. (various references) | |
Farsi | سوت زدن , سوت (Whistler), صفیر (Whish). (various references) | |
Finnish | viheltää (hiss). (various references) | |
French | siffler (wheeze), sifflet, sifflement (whistles, whistling, whiz, whizz). (various references) | |
Frisian | fluitsje, fluite (flute), fluit (flute). (various references) | |
German | pfeifen (barrack, blow, fifes, hoot, howl, peep, pipe, swish, swoosh, to blow a whistle, to pipe, to whistle, whine, whistles, zing, zip), Pfeife (fife, piccolo, pipe, washout), Pfiff (catcall, flair, style, toot, trick, whistled, zest, zing), Pfeifton (whistler). (various references) | |
Greek | σφύριγμα (catcall, hiss, hoot, whistling), σφυρίκτρα, σφυρίζω (blow, fizz, hiss, whiz, zip). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | fërshëllej. (various references) | |
Hebrew | משרוקית (flute, pipe), לשרוק (blow, hiss, hoot, pipe, sing), לפזם (hum), לצפור (hoot, pipe, toot), לצפצף (blow a whistle, chirp, twitter), שריקה (hiss, piping, toot, whistling), צפירה (hoot, klaxon, siren, toot, tootle), צפצוף (chirp, hiss, hooting, pip, twitter), צפצפה (klaxon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | síp (fife, hooter, pipe, quill), fütty (blast). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peluit, cicik (flow), bersiul (cheep, tweet, twitter). (various references) | |
Irish | fead. (various references) | |
Italian | fischio (boo, buzzing, catcall, hiss, hoot, singing, whistled, whiz, whizz, zip), fischiare (barrack, boo, buzz, hiss, hoot, pipe, sing, whiz, whizz, zip), fischietto (pipe). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 警笛 (alarm, foghorn, horn), 口笛 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ホイッスル , くちぶえ, ごうてき (siren), よびこ, けいてき (alarm, edification, enlightenment, foghorn, formidable foe, guide, horn), ちんちん (begging, chink, jingle, penis, tinkle). (various references) | |
Korean | 취명하십시요. (various references) | |
Manx | feddan (aqueduct, barrel, channel, chanter, fife, flageolet, flute, pipe, sleeve, sleeving, tube, tubing, vessel). (various references) | |
Occitan | siular (hiss), siblar (hiss). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istlewhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | assobiar (barrack, catcall, hiss, hoot, pipe), assobio (catcall, fizz, hiss, whistling), apito (call, hoot, toot), apitar (referee, scream). (various references) | |
Romanian | fluiera (blow, catcall, damn, goose, pipe, piss, sing, whiz). (various references) | |
Russian | свисток (catcall), свистеть свист;свисток, свистеть (ping, whistled, whistling), свист (catcall, hissing, phut, ping, singing, whistling, whizz, wolf whistle), насвистывать (whistle away), посвистывать. (various references) | |
Scottish | fìdeag (reed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zviznuti (hit, swish), zvižduk (swish), zviždati (boo), zviždanje (boo, catcall, raspberry, whistling), zviždaljka, pištati (shriek), pištaljka, fijukati (ping, zip). (various references) | |
Shona | pito. (various references) | |
Spanish | silbar (catcall, hiss, hoot, sing, to whistle, whine, whiz, whizz, zing, zip), silbato, silbido (blowing, catcall, hiss, hissing, ping, sing, singing, swish, swoosh, whine, whistling, whiz, whizz, zing, zip). (various references) | |
Sranan | froyti (flute). (various references) | |
Swazi | í-mpémbe. (various references) | |
Swedish | vissling (hiss), vissla (ping, whizz, zing), vina (hiss, scream, sing, swish, wail, whine, whiz, zing, zip). (various references) | |
Thai | สะอาดมาก ((as) clean as whistle). (various references) | |
Turkish | vınlamak (hum, sing, swish, whiz, whizz, whoosh, zing, zip, zoom), vınlama (hum, whistling, whiz, whizz, zing, zip), uğuldamak (boom, buzz, howl, hum, murmur, ping, roar, scream, sing, sough), rüzgârın sesi, düdük sesi (beep, hoot), düdük çalmak (pipe), düdük (hooter, pipe, Reed), boğaz (bosphorus, constriction, fauces, gorge, gullet, jugular, mountain pass, neck, pharyngal, pharyngeal, sound, Strait, swallow, throat, throttle), ötmek (caw, coo, crow, honk, hoop, hoot, jug, sing, sing out, warble), ıslıkla çalmak, ıslık sesi (sibilance, sibilation, whistling), ıslık çalmak (give a whistle, pipe), ıslık (catcall, hiss, sibilance, wolf call). (various references) | |
Turkmen | sygyrmak, юuwwul, jьrletmek, зyrryldamak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | свистіти (ping, pipe, sing, whiz, whizz, zing), свисток (catcall), свистати, свист (catcall, hissing, phut, ping, swish, whew, whiff, whistling, whiz, whizz, whoosh, zing, zip), горлянка (aye-green, gizzard, swallow), нашіптувати (whisper), марно домагатися. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng huýt gió (hiss), sự thổi còi, sự huýt sáo, sự huýt còi, cuống họng. (various references) | |
Welsh | chwibanu, chwibanogl (flute), chwibaniad (whistling), chwiban. (various references) | |
Yucatec | xuxub, piitoo (flute). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | stridebant, stridebit, stridebo, stridebunt, stridet, stridor, stridunt. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hwistlian. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 49, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai esontai panteV oi anqrwpoi kai panteV oi allogeneiV oi qenteV to proswpon autwn eiV ghn aiguptou enoikein ekei ekleiyousin en th romfaia kai en tw limw kai ouk estai autwn ouqeiV swzomenoV apo twn kakwn wn egw epagw ep' autouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et erit Idumea deserta omnis qui transibit per eam stupebit et sibilabit super omnes plagas eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And be shal Idume desert; eche that shal passe bi it, shal stoneyn, and whistle vp on alle his veniaunces; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all her plagues. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 49, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang Edom mahimong usa nga makapatingala: ang tanan nga moagi niini mahitingala ug magasitsit uban ang pagbiaybiya tungod sa tanang mga hampak niini. |
| Chinese | 以 東 必 令 人 驚 駭 ． 凡 經 過 的 人 、 就 受 驚 駭 、 又 因 他 一 切 的 災 禍 嗤 笑 。 |
| Croatian | "Edom æe postati pustoš; tko god njime proðe, zaprepastit æe se i zviždati zbog svih rana njegovih. |
| Danish | Edom skal blive til Rædsel; alle, der kommer forbi, skal slås af Rædsel og spotte over alle dets Sår. |
| Dutch | Alzo zal Edom worden tot een ontzetting; al wie voorbij haar gaat, zal zich ontzetten, en fluiten over al haar plagen. |
| Finnish | Ja Edom tulee kauhistukseksi; jokainen, joka ohitse kulkee, kauhistuu ja viheltää kaikille sen haavoille. |
| French | Édom sera un objet de désolation; Tous ceux qui passeront près de lui Seront dans l`étonnement et siffleront sur toutes ses plaies. |
| German | Also soll Edom wüst werden, daß alle die, so vorübergehen, sich wundern und pfeifen werden über alle ihre Plage; |
| Hungarian | És pusztasággá lesz Edom, a ki csak átmegy rajta elálmélkodik, és sziszeget egész veresége felett. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | TUHAN berkata, "Malapetaka yang menimpa Edom akan begitu hebat sehingga setiap orang yang lewat di situ akan terkejut dan takut. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikianlah Edom akan menjadi suatu kerobohan, barangsiapa yang melalui tanahnya itu akan tercengang-cengang, serta bersindir-sindir akan segala balanya. |
| Italian | Edom sarà oggetto di orrore; chiunque passerà lì vicino ne resterà attonito e fischierà davanti a tutte le sue piaghe. |
| Maori | A ka meinga a Eroma hei miharotanga: ko nga tangata katoa e tika ana na reira, ka miharo, ka hi mai ki ona whiunga katoa. |
| Norwegian | Og Edom skal bli til en forferdelse; hver den som går forbi det, skal forferdes og spotte over alle dets plager. |
| Portuguese | E Edom se tornará em objeto de espanto; todo aquele que passar por ela se espantará, e assobiará por causa de todas as suas pragas. |
| Rumanian | ,,Edomul va fi pustiit; toyi cei ce vor trece pe lkngq el se vor mira wi vor fluera pentru toate rqnile lui. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "whistle": whistleable, whistleblower, whistleblowers, whistleblowing, whistleblowings, whistled, whistler, whistlers, whistles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "whistle": pennywhistle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "whistle": pennywhistles. (additional references) | |
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"Whistle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: whisle, whiste, wistle, wristle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "whistle" (pronounced wi"sul or hwi"sul) |
| 4 | -i" s u l | antimissile, bristle, dismissal, epistle, fissile, gristle, missal, missel, missile, Thistle. |
| 3 | -s u l | apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dispersal, docile, dorsal, facile, fossil, gracile, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, jostle, microfossil, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, wrestle. |
| 4 | -i" s u l | antimissile, bristle, dismissal, epistle, fissile, gristle, missal, missel, missile, Thistle. |
| 3 | -s u l | apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dispersal, docile, dorsal, facile, fossil, gracile, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, jostle, microfossil, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: swithe, whiles, whilst, whites, withes. | |
-2 letters: heils, heist, hilts, islet, istle, lewis, lithe, lweis, shiel, stile, swith, thews, tiles, welsh, welts, whets, while, whist, white, whits, wiles, wilts, wites, withe. | |
-3 letters: elhi, eths, heil, hest, hets, hews, hies, hilt, hist, hits, isle, leis, lest, lets, lies, list, lite, lits, lwei, shew, silt, site. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: whistled, whistler, whistles, whittles. | |
+2 letters: dishtowel, erstwhile, whelkiest, whirliest, whistlers, whittlers. | |
+3 letters: dishtowels, flyweights, lengthwise, lintwhites, sweetishly, switchable, wealthiest, weightless, whiteflies, whitetails, whitewalls. | |
+4 letters: otherwhiles, switchblade, thistledown, wealthiness, whistleable, withholders. | |
+5 letters: lightweights, nightwalkers, pennywhistle, switchblades, thimbleweeds, thistledowns, weightlessly, wheelwrights, wherewithals, whiffletrees, whippletrees. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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