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Another word for whistle

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Noun

  1. A shrill sound

    See also:

    noise

  2. An instrument that produces a shrill sound

Verb

  1. To produce a shrill blast

    See also:

    sound

  2. To call with a whistle

  3. To produce a tune by whistling

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Sentence Examples

  • He let out a long whistle at the doorway.

  • If it would do any good, I would whistle for them.

  • A long train whistle sounded several times, adding to the dark mood of the evening.

  • "I wish I had that whistle," he said.

  • Evidently they were firing at the hussars, but the balls with rapid rhythmic whistle flew over the heads of the horsemen and fell somewhere beyond them.

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