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# whistle

«whistle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small object you blow into to make a loud, high sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a whistle, whistles); verb (whistle, whistles, whistled, whistling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A whistle is a small object you blow into to make a loud, high sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#m1)

2) A whistle is the high sound made by blowing through a small gap or by a kettle, a bird or the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#m2)

3) To whistle means to make a tune or high sound by blowing air through your lips or a whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport and PE, a referee blows a whistle to start and stop games. In safety, a whistle is a great thing to carry when hiking or camping: three blasts is a signal for help, and lifejackets often have a whistle. In science, a whistle makes sound by making air vibrate, and a kettle whistles when water boils. In everyday life people whistle a tune or whistle for a dog. Phrase: «blow the whistle» means tell people about something wrong.

### examples

- The referee blew the whistle for half-time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x1)
- Can you whistle a tune? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x2)
- He whistled for his dog to come back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x3)
- Three blasts on a whistle means you need help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x4)
- The kettle whistled when the water boiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x5)
- The wind whistled through the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x6)
- Our lifejackets each have a whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x7)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/#x8)

### note

The «t» is silent: say «WIS-ul». Regular verb: whistled, whistling. Countable noun. «Whistle-blower» = someone who reports wrongdoing. «Clean as a whistle» = very clean.

### In the corpora

- [Picture a hillside: a shepherd whistles, the dog swings left round the flock, and three hundred sheep move as one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/144-babe-real-pigs-sheep-and-sheepdogs/3/)
- [Dogs learn the sound of each car engine, and they hear a dog whistle that is too high for people to hear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/193-how-a-dog-thinks-smells-sounds-and-faces/11/)
- [Budgies are very chatty birds that chatter and whistle a lot, and some pet budgies have learnt to say hundreds of words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/205-budgies-and-canaries/5/)
- [A bottlenose dolphin has its own whistle that works like a name, and its friends call it by copying that whistle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/1/)
- [The steppe marmot, bobak, stands on its back legs and whistles to warn its family of eagles and foxes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whistle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/whistle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.