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whistling

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

whis=tling

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whistling has 3 senses

whistling(n = noun.event) whistle - the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture;

is a kind of sound

Derived forms verb whistle₅, verb whistle₁

whistling(n = noun.act) - the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

is a kind of

music

Derived form verb whistle₃

whistling(n = noun.communication) whistle - the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game"

is a kind of sign, signal, signaling

Derived form verb whistle₆

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CIDE DICTIONARY

whistling, a. & n.

a. & n. from Whistle, v. [1913 Webster]

Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under Buoy. -- Whistling coot (Zoöl.), the American black scoter. -- Whistling Dick. (Zoöl.) (a) An Australian shrike thrush (Colluricincla Selbii). (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.] -- Whistling duck. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden-eye. (b) A tree duck. -- Whistling eagle (Zoöl.), a small Australian eagle (Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also whistling hawk, and little swamp eagle. -- Whistling plover. (Zoöl.) (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover. -- Whistling snipe (Zoöl.), the American woodcock. -- Whistling swan. (Zoöl.) (a) The European whooper swan; -- called also wild swan, and elk. (b) An American swan (Olor columbianus). See under Swan. -- Whistling teal (Zoöl.), a tree duck, as Dendrocygna awsuree of India. -- Whistling thrush. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle. (b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

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THESAURUS

whistling

acute, argute, assibilation, buzz, creaky, ear-piercing, effervescence, effervescing, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, hiss, hissing, howling, hush, hushing, keen, keening, lisp, penetrating, piercing, piping, reedy, rhonchus, screaky, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieking, shrieky, shrill, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilation, siffle, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squeaking, squeaky, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, swish, thin, ululant, wailing, wheeze, whining, whish, whistle, white noise, whiz, whoosh, zip

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