|
whistle a small wind instrument in which sound produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube The first known use: before the 12th century |
|
Word Structure |
|
7 Letters, 2 Syllable |
whistle |
|
|
|
|
5 Phonemes |
w i s ə l h w i s ə l |
|
|
|
|
onset, rime |
- - |
|
|
|
|
Morpheme |
whistle |
|
|
|
|
Sentence Examples The policeman blew his whistle. We could hear the train's whistle. We could hear the low whistle of the wind through the trees. He was whistling as he walked down the street. He whistled for a cab. He whistled a happy tune. The teakettle started to whistle. A bullet whistled past him. |
|
Common Phrases whistle A suit. The term comes from the rhyming slang in which "whistle" is short for "whistle and flute," which rhymes with "suit." Primarily heard in UK. |
|
Related Words Sound the same but are spelled differently.
|
|
Collocations The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.
|
|
Neighborhood
|
|
Deeper Dive Learn more about whistle . |
ignite by amuz