Synonyms for whistle
ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs-whis·tle

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1. whistle, whistlingnoun

   the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture

   Synonyms:
   pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistle

2. whistle, whistlingnoun

   the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle

   "the whistle signalled the end of the game"

   Synonyms:
   pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistle

3. whistlenoun

   a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it

   Synonyms:
   pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistle

4. whistlenoun

   acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound

   Synonyms:
   pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistle

5. pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistleverb

   an inexpensive fipple flute

   Synonyms:
   pennywhistle, whistling, tin whistle

6. whistleverb

   make whistling sounds

   "He lay there, snoring and whistling"

   Synonyms:
   sing

7. whistleverb

   move with, or as with, a whistling sound

   "The bullets whistled past him"

   Synonyms:
   sing

8. whistleverb

   utter or express by whistling

   "She whistled a melody"

   Synonyms:
   sing

9. whistleverb

   move, send, or bring as if by whistling

   "Her optimism whistled away these worries"

   Synonyms:
   sing

10. whistle, singverb

    make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound

    "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"

    Synonyms:
    spill the beans, blab, babble, tattle, peach, let the cat out of the bag, blab out, babble out, sing, talk

11. whistleverb

    give a signal by whistling

    "She whistled for her maid"

    Synonyms:
    sing

Matched Categories

1. • Acoustic Device
   • Communicate
   • Move
   • Signal
   • Signaling Device
   • Sound
   • Wind Instrument

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "whistle":

   hissing, whistling, alarm

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How to use whistle in a sentence?

1. Mark Fitzpatrick:

   Once the monitors see something suspicious, they're going to blow the whistle.

2. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

   From the first whistle, everything went wrong, i just want to apologize to the fans. They're the only people with the badge on today who can hold their head high, because we can't.

3. Stacey Abrams:

   The notion of identity politics has been peddled for the last 10 years, and its been used as a dog whistle to say that we shouldnt pay too much attention to the new voices coming into progress.

4. Juvenal:

   A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

5. Jamie Henn:

   Now that he’s called TransCanada for delay of game, it's time for President Obama to blow the whistle and end this pipeline once and for all.