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• Whistle — Whis tle, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See {Whistle}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whistle duck — Whistle Whis tle, n. [AS. hwistle a pipe, flute, whistle. See {Whistle}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whistle — Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical sound, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• whistle — [v] make sharp, shrill sound blare, blast, fife, flute, hiss, pipe, shriek, signal, skirl, sound, toot, tootle, trill, warble, wheeze, whine, whiz*; concepts 65,77 …   New thesaurus

• whistle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 small metal/plastic tube that you blow ADJECTIVE ▪ dog, police, train ▪ guard s, referee s, etc. ▪ steam …   Collocations dictionary

• sharp — adj. 1 having a fine edge or point VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ stay ▪ keep sth ADVERB ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Tin whistle — Infobox Instrument color1=#FFD700 color2=#FFEC8B name=Tin whistle names=Pennywhistle classification= *Woodwind *Wind *Aerophone range=Two octaves related= *Simple system flute *Pipe and taborThe tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle,… …   Wikipedia

• The Wichita Train Whistle Sings — Infobox Album Name = The Wichita Train Whistle Sings Type = studio Artist = Michael Nesmith Released = 1968 Genre = Rock Length = 36:54 Label = Dot Producer = Michael Nesmith Reviews =* Allmusic Rating|3|5… …   Wikipedia

• Act Without Words I — is a short play by Samuel Beckett. It is a mime, Beckett s first (followed by Act Without Words II ). Like many of Beckett s works, the play was originally written in French ( Acte sans paroles I ), being translated into English by Beckett… …   Wikipedia

• Common Kingfisher — Subspecies A. a. bengalensis in central India. Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Welcome Swallow — Taxobox name = Welcome Swallow status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=52170|title=Hirundo neoxena|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this… …   Wikipedia