whistle

/wˈɪsəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. 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”
6. give a signal by whistling
   “She whistled for her maid”

noun

1. 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. a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
4. acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
5. an inexpensive fipple flute

Synonyms for whistle

• sing
• whistling
• pennywhistle
• tin whistle

Words that rhyme with whistle

• bristle
• dismissal
• epistle
• fissile
• missile
• gristle
• missal
• thistle
• antimissile
• bisel
• bissell
• cissell
• entwistle
• euromissile
• fissel
• fissell
• glycel
• hisel
• kissel
• kissell
• missel
• schissel
• sissel
• wissel