whistle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.

   “A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.”

2. isim An act of whistling.
3. isim A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

   “We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.[…]As we reached the lodge we heard the whistle, and we backed up against one side of the platform as the train pulled up at the other.”

4. isim Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.

   “the whistle of the wind in the trees”

5. isim A suit (from whistle and flute).

   “We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.”

6. isim The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

   “Let's […] drink the other cup to wet our whistles.”

7. fiil To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

   “Never whistle at a funeral.”

8. fiil To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.

   “The steam train whistled as it passed by.”

9. fiil To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.

   “A bullet whistled past.”

10. fiil To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
11. fiil To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization.