whistle

WHISTLE, verb intransitive hwisl. [Latin , a whistle; allied to whisper.] 1. To utter a kind of musical sound, by pressing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips. While the plowman near at hand, whistles oer the furrowd land. 2. To make a sound with a small wind instrument. 3. To sound shrill, or like a pipe. The wild winds whistle and the billows roar. WHISTLE, verb transitive 1. To form, utter or modulate by whistling; as, to whistle a tune or air. 2. To call by a whistle; as, he whistled back his dog. WHISTLE, noun [Latin] 1. A small wind instrument. 2. The sound made by a small wind instrument. 3. Sound made by pressing the breath through a small orifice of the lips. 4. The mouth; the organ of whistling. [Vulgar.] 5. A small pipe, used by a boatswain to summon the sailors to their duty; the boatswains call. 6. The shrill sound of winds passing among trees or through crevices, etc. 7. A call, such as sportsmen use to their dogs.