Meaning Of The Word Whistle

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What's The Definition Of Whistle?

whistle
verb: When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical notes by forcing your breath out between your lips, or your teeth.

whistle in American English
to make a clear, shrill sound or note, or a series of these, by forcing breath between the teeth or through a narrow opening made by puckering the lips
intransitive verb: to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue
transitive verb: to produce by whistling

whistle in British English
verb: to produce (shrill or flutelike musical sounds), as by passing breath through a narrow constriction most easily formed by the pursed lips

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