whistling
Meaning of whistling
verb
- 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.
Never whistle at a funeral.
- To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc.
The stream train whistled as it passed by.
- To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
A bullet whistled past.
- To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
noun
A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.
Information about whistling
- The plural form of whistling is: whistlings.
- Languages in which whistling is used:
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Hyphenation of whistling
whistling
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- whistling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
whistling synonyms
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Words that rhyme with whistling
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