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noun 
  1. A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order to make a whistling sound.
  2. A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
  3. Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
  4. (CockneyRS?) A suit.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: fluittoon
verb (whistl, ing)
  1. To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
  2. To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
A bullet whistled past.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: (t, nl, fluiten)
Etymology: (term, whistlen, lang=enm); (term, hwistlan, lang=ang).


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