Definition of "whistle" in Anglais

noun

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

2. An act of whistling.

3. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.

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

   • the whistle of the wind in the trees

5. (Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute).

6. (colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) 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.
   • He was whistling a happy tune.

2. (ambitransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.

   • The steam train whistled as it passed by.

3. (intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.

   • A bullet whistled past.

4. (transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.

5. (intransitive, Opus Dei, slang) To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization.