whistle
/ˈwɪs(ə)l/ noun B1- 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. · the whistle of the wind in the trees
- A suit (from whistle and flute).
- The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
Plural whistles
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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They were a long distance off, but the Wicked Witch was angry to find them in her country; so she blew upon a silver whistle that hung around her neck.
Holmes gave a whistle of surprise.
When the Wicked Witch looked out again and saw all her crows lying in a heap, she got into a terrible rage, and blew three times upon her silver whistle.
Dorothy blew the little whistle she had always carried about her neck since the Queen of the Mice had given it to her.
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