whistle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
whistle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game"
whistle stop
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
whistle-blower
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
whistle-stop tour
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited; "in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours"
whistle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets whistled past him"
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism whistled away these worries"
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
whistle
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling"
whistleblower
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
whistler
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions
whistler
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ large North American mountain marmot
whistler
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ someone who makes a loud high sound
whistler
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
whistler
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ United States painter (1834-1903)
whistlestop
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election
whistling
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the game"