whistling
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- noun
- /ˈhwɪs.lɪŋ/
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- From the time of the accident, he had a constant whistling tinnitus in both ears.
- whistling sound
- whistling wind
- whistling kettle
So I'm falling and I knew something was wrong because I can still still hear the wind of the whistling of the wind and the black figures.
- So I'm falling and I knew something was wrong because I can still still hear the wind of the whistling of the wind and the black figures.
- And he did say it, but they are hard to understand because there's when they talk, the gap in their front teeth makes like a whistling sound.
- And I, you know, traumatize somebody who associates that whistling with something that happened to them in their past, and they're triggered.
Examples
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There was only the odd whistling noise that accompanied each strained breath, and the harnessed fury.
Fiction book (1998) -
But all she could discern was that the whistling had stopped.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now the sound of whistling came to my ears.
Fiction book (1992) -
All at once they hear a strange whistling overhead...
Fiction book (1992) -
Narrator 2: There is a sharp whistling in the air.
Fiction book (1999) -
From the west, where the purple sky deepened, there came a low whistling sound.
Fiction book (1998) -
Flights of ducks would appear in it suddenly, the whistling of their wings and their cries long preceding them.
Fiction book (1996) -
Mom filled her whistling teapot with water and slammed it on the stove to boil.
Fiction book (1992) -
Eric could hear the brush of wet leaves against a windowpane, and the soft whistling of the teakettle beginning to boil.
Fiction book (1998) -
As the train sped by, we could hear a distinct high-pitched whistling sound.
Synonyms
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A high loud sound made by a person, a device, or fast moving air
A short high whistling sound made by small birds
Compounds
- Specialized
A floating marker that makes a whistling sound to warn ships of danger
A large ground squirrel that lives in mountains and makes a loud high whistle
How High-Pitched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word whistling comes from the same old sound word whist, which copies a sharp 'wh' noise made by moving air. So we call the high-pitched sounds from a kettle, the wind, or steam 'whistling' because they make that same sharp, high noise.