Whistling
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Sounding like a whistle: as, a
whistling
sound.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
a. & n. from
whistle
, v.
See under
Buoy
.
the American black scoter.
The song thrush.
A tree duck.
a small Australian eagle (
Haliastur sphenurus
); -- called also
whistling hawk
, and
little swamp eagle
.
The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
the American woodcock.
An American swan (
Olor columbianus
). See under
Swan
.
a tree duck, as
Dendrocygna awsuree
of India.
The song thrush.
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verb.
Present participle of
whistle
.
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noun.
the act of whistling a tune
noun.
the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
noun.
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture