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whistler

14 5.5

A person who makes a loud high sound by blowing through their lips or a small object

noun
/ˈhwɪslər/

: silbador

I'm a mad whistler.

Examples

I'd love to become a professional whistler.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Dadgummit, his wife was a better whistler than he was.

Fiction book (1999)
You know, I used to be a purty good whistler.

Cars (2006)
Well, I think I'm gonna pop into the philharmonic and see if they need a slide whistler.

Hard Plastic (2020)
The talented whistler entertained the crowd with his impressive melodies.
During the competition, she was recognized as the best whistler in the group.
He learned to be a skilled whistler at a young age, captivating everyone around him.

How Loud

horn

183 1.0

trumpeter

9 3.0

tooter

2 7.2

whistler

14 5.5

Surface Forms

whistler singular

whistlers plural

Morphology

whistler = whistle (transparent) = whistle + er

Agentive formation from the verb 'whistle' ('one who whistles') is directly interpretable by learners.

Etymology

Whistler comes from the verb whistle, an old word that copies the sharp 'whiss' sound. So a whistler is simply 'one who makes a whistling sound', whether with their lips or with a device.