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{
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"word": "bells and whistles"
},
{
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"word": "Bird Whistle"
},
{
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"word": "blow the whistle"
},
{
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"word": "chime whistle"
},
{
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"word": "clean as a whistle"
},
{
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"word": "death whistle"
},
{
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"word": "dog whistle"
},
{
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"word": "final whistle"
},
{
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"word": "fox whistle"
},
{
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"word": "Galton's whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "green whistle"
},
{
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"word": "it's not the whistle that pulls the train"
},
{
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"word": "not worth a whistle"
},
{
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"word": "pay for one's whistle"
},
{
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"word": "peanut whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pea whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penny whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pie whistle"
},
{
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"word": "play to the whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "postwhistle"
},
{
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"word": "rape whistle"
},
{
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"word": "sea whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "silent whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slick as a whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slide whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "swanee whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Tenterfield whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tin whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wet one's whistle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle and flute"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle-belly vengeance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle-blower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle board"
},
{
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"word": "whistle-drunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistleless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistlelike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle note"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle pig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle-pig"
},
{
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"word": "whistle post"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle register"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle-stop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whistle walk"
},
{
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"word": "wolf whistle"
},
{
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"word": "worth the whistle"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "whistel"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whistel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whistil"
},
"expansion": "whistil",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whistle"
},
"expansion": "whistle",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwistle"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwistle",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whistles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "whistle (countable and uncountable, plural whistles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"ref": "1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611",
"text": "A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1961 March, \"\"Balmore\"\", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 151",
"text": "One thing I took great care to observe was obedience to the \"whistle\" boards which crop up with great frequency, for failure to sound the whistle, if observed by the gendarmerie, can bring about serious consequences.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, pages 61–62",
"text": "[...] and Temple station, which had to have a very modestly proportioned station building on the insistence of the Duke of Norfolk who owned the land on which it was built, and where the trains under the glass roof of the station were not allowed to blow their whistles, at the insistence of the barristers in the nearby Inns of Court.",
"type": "quotation"
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"A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound."
],
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"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fluit"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fishkëllimë"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaffāra",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "صَفَّارَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣuffēra",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "صُفِّيرة"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "suličʿ",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "սուլիչ"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluiarã"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluearã"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluir"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "huisel",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "হুইচেল"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiblatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hıźğırtqıs",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "һыҙғыртҡыс"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свісто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitell"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelloù"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svírka",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сви́рка"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiulet"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "saau³ zi²",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "哨子"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "雞"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gai¹",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "鸡"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàozi",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "哨子"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒudí",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "steam whistle",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qìdí",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "汽笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťalka"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fløjte"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluitje"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fajfilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pilli"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflet"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifre"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "subiote"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭveni",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "სასტვენი"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pfeife"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Trillerpfeife"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flöte"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyríchtra",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σφυρίχτρα"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "siflèt"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "usur"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ʻūlili"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "síp"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "peluit"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sibilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fischietto"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"alt": "ふえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fue",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hoissuru",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ホイッスル"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"alt": "きてき",
"code": "ja",
"english": "steam whistle",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiteki",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "汽笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"alt": "よびこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yobiko",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "呼び子"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑɑkɑñcae",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "កញ្ចែ"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"alt": "號角",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hogak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "호각"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "horuragi",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "호루라기"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "šviļpuks"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "šviļpaunīks"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sveļpe"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svilpe"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpukas"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Päif"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svirka",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свирка"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wisel"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suffara"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wīhara"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wītara"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "thirimbi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fløyte"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fløyte"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "düdük",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "دودوك"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "سوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizdek"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piszczałka"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluier"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadag"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "feadan"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пѝшта̄љка"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "звѝжда̄љка"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "звиждалица"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пѝшталица"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pìštāljka"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zvìždāljka"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zviždalica"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pìštalica"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piščalka"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifle"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "kipenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "firimbi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "filimbi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissla"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "visselpipa"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sipol"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "huštak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ҳуштак"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ūtal",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ஊதல்"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nók-wìit",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "นกหวีด"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "düdük"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svystók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sjurčók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сюрчо́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سیٹی"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "còi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "tiếng hót"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "tiếng huýt"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chwibanogl"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 10 14 12 4 6",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "fayfl",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "פֿײַפֿל"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An act of whistling."
],
"id": "en-whistle-en-noun-tQPnLWU6",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuri",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "সুহুৰি"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "uki",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "উকি"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiblíu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xiblida"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "txistu"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свіст"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svirene",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "свирене"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒudí",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "fajfado"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "viheltäminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "siffler"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "დასტვენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "časṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ჩასტვენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sh'riká",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שְׁרִיקָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "sibilo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadaíl"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "horuragi",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "호루라기"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svilpošana"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cūḷamaṭi",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ചൂളമടി"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "سوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "świst"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with a whistle",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apitada"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "assoviada"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "assobiada"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assovio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluierare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluierat"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluierătură"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"roman": "fuza",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Asalemi"
],
"word": "فوزه"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "īcal",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ஈசல்"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "การผิวปาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwiban"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 75 7 6 1 8",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "súfèé"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 3 21 10 7 2 18 12 9 3 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling."
],
"id": "en-whistle-en-noun-en:sound",
"senseid": [
"en:sound"
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 3 21 10 7 2 18 12 9 3 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the whistle of the wind in the trees"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling."
],
"id": "en-whistle-en-noun-39Lfmxhz",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladenn"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladennoù"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fløjt"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fluittoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfiff"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "sípszó"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "ngoio"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fead"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "pitido"
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{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 8 28 51 2 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "ıslık"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "2005, Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued",
"text": "We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A suit (from whistle and flute)."
],
"id": "en-whistle-en-noun-DzE-ZStq",
"links": [
[
"Cockney rhyming slang",
"Cockney rhyming slang"
],
[
"suit",
"suit"
]
],
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"(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute)."
],
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"Cockney",
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
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"The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɪsl̩/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʍɪsl̩/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪsəl"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-us-whistle.ogg/En-us-whistle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-us-whistle.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulocʿ",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "սուլոց"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuri",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "সুহুৰি"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "uki",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "উকি"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladenn"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladennoù"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xiulada"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fløjt"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fluittoon"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "fajfo"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "vislaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflet"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflement"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "sifflements"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfiff"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrixiá",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σφυριξιά"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "füttyszó"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "siulan"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fischio"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwiparam",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "휘파람"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svilpiens"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "siulan"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cūḷaṁ",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "ചൂളം"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assovio"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluierat"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fead"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvizd"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pitido"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiflido"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pitada"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chifla"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifle"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rechifla"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
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],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "เสียงผิวปาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "svystók",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сюрчо́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سیٹی"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "fis-cio"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "8 12 39 33 2 7",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whistles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whistling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whistled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whistled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Whistle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 3 21 10 7 2 18 12 9 3 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Never whistle at a funeral.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She was whistling a happy tune.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"id": "en-whistle-en-verb-weSBb~ll",
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) 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."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vërshëllej"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fishkëllej"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣafara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "صَفَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaffara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "صَفَّرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulel",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "սուլել"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "švacʿnel",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "շվացնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "shuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluir"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuria",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সুহুৰিয়া"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ukia",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "উকিয়া"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "xiblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fit çalmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hıźğırıw",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "һыҙғырыу"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "txistu egin"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svistácʹ",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свіста́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiṭi mara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সিটি মারা"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiṭi bajan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সিটি বাজান"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "c'hwitellat"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svírkam",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сви́ркам"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lehkywan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "လေချွန်"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "xiular"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "awasvhasga",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ᎠᏩᏒᎭᏍᎦ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ceoi¹ hau² saau³",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "吹口哨"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuī kǒushào",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "吹口哨"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "鳴笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngdí",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "鸣笛"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "chk",
"lang": "Chuukese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ouwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hwibana"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sızğırmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pískat"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sublar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fløjte"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hvisle"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiten"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fajfi"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vilistama"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siffler"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "šivîlâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "asubiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "pitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "pfeifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "flöten"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrízo",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "σφυρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "surízō",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "συρίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hōkio"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sharák",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "שָׁרַק"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī denā",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सीटी देना"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fütyül"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "flauta"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siflar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bersiul"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sibilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "lig fead"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bí ag feadaíl"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fischiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"alt": "くちぶえをふく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue o fuku",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛を吹く"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "zibia"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ysqyru",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ысқыру"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "houch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ហួច"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwiparam-eul bulda",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "휘파람을 불다"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ışkıruu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ышкыруу"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thiu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຖິວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thiu pāk",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຖິວປາກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phiu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຜິວ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sībilō"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "svilpt"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "švilpti"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "päifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sviri",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свири"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svirka",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свирка"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siul"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bersiul"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "saffar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "whio"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mi",
"english": "by the wind",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "rorowhio"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī mārṇe",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "शिटी मारणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "शिटी वाजवणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "isgerex",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "исгэрэх"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "suselnu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सुसेल्नु"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "siṭī bajāunu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सिटी बजाउनु"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sûfflier"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "plystre"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fiular"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hwistlian"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut zadan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "سوت زدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "utinmananyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gwizdać"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "świstać"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "assobiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "assoviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with a whistle",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "apitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huywiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiera"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "șuiera"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschivlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "schular"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tgular"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "schivlar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschüvler"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschüblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistétʹ",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свисте́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "dèan fead"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fead"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звиждати"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"Roman",
"imperfective"
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"word": "zviždati"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "friscari"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "pískať"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "zvižgati"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "silbar"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chiflar"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vissla"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "huštak kašidan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ҳуштак кашидан"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"roman": "īlavēyu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ఈలవేయు"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fu'i"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pǐu-bpàak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ผิวปาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpào-bpàak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "เป่าปาก"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "shu brgyab",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ཤུ་བརྒྱབ"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "shu rgyag",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ཤུ་རྒྱག"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "mapu"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ıslık çalmak"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sygyrmak"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"roman": "ṣpr",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "𐎕𐎔𐎗"
},
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "svystíty",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"imperfective"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"imperfective"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"roman": "üshtek chalmaq",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ئۈشتەك چالماق"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "gho'nguldimaq",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "غوڭۇلدىماق"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hushtak chalmoq"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt sáo"
},
{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt gió"
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
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"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
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"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chwibanu"
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{
"_dis1": "55 7 26 4 7",
"code": "zro",
"lang": "Záparo",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "uníninu"
}
]
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"text": "The steam train whistled as it passed by.",
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"ref": "1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 67",
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"text": "A bullet whistled past.",
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"code": "br",
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"word": "c'hwitellat"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "hvisle"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiten"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
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"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
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"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "σφυρίζω"
},
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"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fütyül"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sivít"
},
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"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
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"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свисте́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
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"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просвисте́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zviždati"
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"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "silbar"
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"_dis1": "15 9 72 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "vissla"
}
]
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"ref": "2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, page 18",
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"word": "dog whistle"
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"word": "it's not the whistle that pulls the train"
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"word": "pay for one's whistle"
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"word": "peanut whistle"
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"word": "penny whistle"
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"word": "play to the whistle"
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"word": "silent whistle"
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"word": "slick as a whistle"
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"word": "slide whistle"
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{
"word": "swanee whistle"
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{
"word": "Tenterfield whistle"
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{
"word": "tin whistle"
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{
"word": "wet one's whistle"
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"word": "whistle-belly vengeance"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "whistle walk"
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{
"word": "wolf whistle"
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{
"word": "worth the whistle"
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"ref": "1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611",
"text": "A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.",
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"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, pages 61–62",
"text": "[...] and Temple station, which had to have a very modestly proportioned station building on the insistence of the Duke of Norfolk who owned the land on which it was built, and where the trains under the glass roof of the station were not allowed to blow their whistles, at the insistence of the barristers in the nearby Inns of Court.",
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"ref": "2005, Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued",
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fluit"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "صَفَّارَة"
},
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"code": "acw",
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"roman": "ṣuffēra",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
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"Hijazi-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "صُفِّيرة"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "suličʿ",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "սուլիչ"
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"code": "rup",
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"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluearã"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluir"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "huisel",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "হুইচেল"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiblatu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fit"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hıźğırtqıs",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "һыҙғыртҡыс"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свісто́к"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitell"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelloù"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svírka",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сви́рка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiulet"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "saau³ zi²",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "哨子"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "雞"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gai¹",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "鸡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shàozi",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "哨子"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒudí",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "steam whistle",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qìdí",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "汽笛"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťalka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fløjte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluitje"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fajfilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pilli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "subiote"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sasṭveni",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "სასტვენი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pfeife"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Trillerpfeife"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Flöte"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyríchtra",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σφυρίχτρα"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "siflèt"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "usur"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ʻūlili"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pito"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "síp"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "peluit"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sibilo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadóg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fischietto"
},
{
"alt": "ふえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fue",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "笛"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hoissuru",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ホイッスル"
},
{
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"alt": "きてき",
"code": "ja",
"english": "steam whistle",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiteki",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "汽笛"
},
{
"alt": "よびこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yobiko",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "呼び子"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑɑkɑñcae",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "កញ្ចែ"
},
{
"alt": "號角",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hogak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "호각"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "horuragi",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "호루라기"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "šviļpuks"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "šviļpaunīks"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sveļpe"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svilpe"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svilpe"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpukas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Päif"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svirka",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свирка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wisel"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suffara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wīhara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "wītara"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"code": "mer",
"lang": "Meru",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "thirimbi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "fløyte"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fløyte"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "düdük",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "دودوك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "سوت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizdek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piszczałka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluier"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "feadan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пѝшта̄љка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "звѝжда̄љка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "звиждалица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "пѝшталица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pìštāljka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zvìždāljka"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zviždalica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pìštalica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "píšťala"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piščalka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifle"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "kipenga"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "firimbi"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "filimbi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "pipa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "visselpipa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sipol"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "pito"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "huštak",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ҳуштак"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "ūtal",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "ஊதல்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nók-wìit",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "นกหวีด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "düdük"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svystók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sjurčók",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сюрчо́к"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سیٹی"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "còi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "tiếng hót"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"word": "tiếng huýt"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chwibanogl"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "fayfl",
"sense": "device used to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "פֿײַפֿל"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuri",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "সুহুৰি"
},
{
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "uki",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "উকি"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiblíu"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xiblida"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "txistu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свіст"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svirene",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "свирене"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xiulo"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒudí",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "fajfado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "viheltäminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "siffler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "დასტვენა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "časṭvena",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ჩასტვენა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sh'riká",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שְׁרִיקָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "sibilo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "feadaíl"
},
{
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "horuragi",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "호루라기"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "svilpošana"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpimas"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cūḷamaṭi",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ചൂളമടി"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "سوت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "świst"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with a whistle",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "apitada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "assoviada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "assobiada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assovio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluierare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluierat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fluierătură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"roman": "fuza",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"Asalemi"
],
"word": "فوزه"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "īcal",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "ஈசல்"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "การผิวปาก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwiban"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "act of whistling",
"word": "súfèé"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulocʿ",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "սուլոց"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuri",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "সুহুৰি"
},
{
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "uki",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "উকি"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladenn"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladennoù"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xiulada"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒushào",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "口哨"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fløjt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fluittoon"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "fajfo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "vislaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "sifflements"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfiff"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrixiá",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σφυριξιά"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सीटी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "füttyszó"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "siulan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fischio"
},
{
"alt": "くちぶえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "口笛"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwiparam",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "휘파람"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svilpiens"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "švilpimas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "siulan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "cūḷaṁ",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "ചൂളം"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assovio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fluierat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistók",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fead"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvizd"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pitido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiflido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pitada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chifla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chifle"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rechifla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"word": "เสียงผิวปาก"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svyst",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svystók",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свисто́к"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sjurčók",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сюрчо́к"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "sīṭī",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سیٹی"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fis-cio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwiban"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chwibaniad"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladenn"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "c'hwitelladennoù"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fløjt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fluittoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "vihellys"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asubío"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfeifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Pfiff"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfýrigma",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σφύριγμα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "sípszó"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "ngoio"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शिटी"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwizd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apito"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "assobio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svist",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свист"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fead"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зви̏ждӯк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvȉždūk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silbato"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pito"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "pitido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vissling"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "sound similar to the sound made by whistling",
"word": "ıslık"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"whistle"
],
"word": "whistle"
}
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{
"word": "fulvous whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "go whistle"
},
{
"word": "Indian whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "lesser whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "lesser whistling teal"
},
{
"word": "plumed whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "spotted whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "wandering whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "whistleable"
},
{
"word": "whistle Dixie"
},
{
"word": "whistle down the wind"
},
{
"word": "whistle for something"
},
{
"word": "whistle in the dark"
},
{
"word": "whistle in the wind"
},
{
"word": "whistle past the graveyard"
},
{
"word": "whistle up"
},
{
"word": "whistling arrow"
},
{
"word": "whistling buoy"
},
{
"word": "whistling duck"
},
{
"word": "whistling face syndrome"
},
{
"word": "whistling hare"
},
{
"word": "whistling kite"
},
{
"word": "whistling marmot"
},
{
"word": "whistling shop"
},
{
"word": "whistling swan"
},
{
"word": "wolf-whistle"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "whistlen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whistlen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwistlan"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwistlan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "hwistlian",
"t": "to whistle"
},
"expansion": "hwistlian (“to whistle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hwistlōn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hwistlōną",
"t": "to make a hissing sound"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "hvísla",
"t": "to whisper"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "свистеть",
"t": "to whistle"
},
"expansion": "Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whistles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whistling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whistled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whistled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whistle (third-person singular simple present whistles, present participle whistling, simple past and past participle whistled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "Whistle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Never whistle at a funeral.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She was whistling a happy tune.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) 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."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The steam train whistled as it passed by.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1941 February, Voyageur, “The Railways of Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 67",
"text": "It requires quite an orchestra to get a train to start; the guard blows his horn, the stationmaster rings a large bell, and the engine whistles.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A bullet whistled past.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To send, signal, or call by a whistle."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, page 18",
"text": "Teena had been miserable ever since she whistled.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization."
],
"links": [
[
"Opus Dei",
"Opus Dei"
],
[
"Roman Catholic",
"Roman Catholic"
]
],
"qualifier": "Opus Dei",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, Opus Dei, slang) To request admission to Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic organization."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɪsl̩/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʍɪsl̩/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪsəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-whistle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-us-whistle.ogg/En-us-whistle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-us-whistle.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vërshëllej"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fishkëllej"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣafara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "صَفَرَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣaffara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "صَفَّرَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulel",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "սուլել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "švacʿnel",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "շվացնել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "shuir"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluir"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "xuhuria",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সুহুৰিয়া"
},
{
"code": "as",
"english": "loud",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "ukia",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "উকিয়া"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "xiblar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fit çalmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fışdırıq çalmaq"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hıźğırıw",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "һыҙғырыу"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "txistu egin"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "svistácʹ",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свіста́ць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiṭi mara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সিটি মারা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "śiṭi bajan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "সিটি বাজান"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "c'hwitellat"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svírkam",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сви́ркам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lehkywan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "လေချွန်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "xiular"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "awasvhasga",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ᎠᏩᏒᎭᏍᎦ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "ceoi¹ hau² saau³",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "吹口哨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuī kǒushào",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "吹口哨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "鳴笛"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "míngdí",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "鸣笛"
},
{
"code": "chk",
"lang": "Chuukese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ouwa"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hwibana"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sızğırmaq"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pískat"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sublar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fløjte"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hvisle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fajfi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vilistama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siffler"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "šivîlâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "asubiar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "pitar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chifrar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sṭvena",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "სტვენა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "pfeifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "flöten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrízo",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "σφυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "surízō",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "συρίζω"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hōkio"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sharák",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "שָׁרַק"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sīṭī denā",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सीटी देना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fütyül"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "flauta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siflar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bersiul"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sibilar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "lig fead"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bí ag feadaíl"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fischiare"
},
{
"alt": "くちぶえをふく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibue o fuku",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "口笛を吹く"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "zibia"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ysqyru",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ысқыру"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "houch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ហួច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwiparam-eul bulda",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "휘파람을 불다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ışkıruu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ышкыруу"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thiu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຖິວ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thiu pāk",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຖິວປາກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phiu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ຜິວ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sībilō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "svilpt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "švilpti"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "päifen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "sviri",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свири"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "svirka",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свирка"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siul"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "bersiul"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "saffar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "whio"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "by the wind",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "rorowhio"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī mārṇe",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "शिटी मारणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śiṭī vājavṇe",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "शिटी वाजवणे"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "isgerex",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "исгэрэх"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "suselnu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सुसेल्नु"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "siṭī bajāunu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "सिटी बजाउनु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sûfflier"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "plystre"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "siblar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fiular"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hwistlian"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sut zadan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "سوت زدن"
},
{
"code": "pjt",
"lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "utinmananyi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gwizdać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "świstać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "assobiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with one’s mouth",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "assoviar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with a whistle",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "apitar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huywiy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiera"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "șuiera"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschivlar"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "schular"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tgular"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "schivlar"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschüvler"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "tschüblar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistétʹ",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свисте́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svístnutʹ",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сви́стнуть"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "mapu"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "dèan fead"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fead"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "звиждати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zviždati"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "friscari"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pískať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zvižgati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "silbar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chiflar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "pitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "vissla"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "huštak kašidan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ҳуштак кашидан"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "īlavēyu",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ఈలవేయు"
},
{
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "fu'i"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pǐu-bpàak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ผิวปาก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpào-bpàak",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "เป่าปาก"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "shu brgyab",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ཤུ་བརྒྱབ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "shu rgyag",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ཤུ་རྒྱག"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "mapu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ıslık çalmak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "sygyrmak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "çyrryldamak"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṣpr",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "𐎕𐎔𐎗"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svystíty",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свисті́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sjurčáty",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сюрча́ти"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "üshtek chalmaq",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "ئۈشتەك چالماق"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "gho'nguldimaq",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "غوڭۇلدىماق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "hushtak chalmoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt sáo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "huýt gió"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "wyspułn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "chwibanu"
},
{
"code": "zro",
"lang": "Záparo",
"sense": "to produce a whistling sound",
"word": "uníninu"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "c'hwitellat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "hvisle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fluiten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "viheltää"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrízo",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "σφυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "fütyül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "sivít"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistétʹ",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "свисте́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosvistétʹ",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "просвисте́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zviždati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "silbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move in such a way as to make a whistling sound",
"word": "vissla"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"whistle"
],
"word": "whistle"
}
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