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WHISTLING

\wˈɪslɪŋ], \wˈɪslɪŋ], \w_ˈɪ_s__l_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of WHISTLING

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
the act of whistling a tune; "his cheerful whistling indicated that he enjoyed his work"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

a. & n. from Whistle, v.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A shrill sound, as of one who whistles.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Uttering musical sounds by contracting the lips; sounding with a pipe; making a shrill sound, as wind.
The shrill sounds of a whistle, or made by the wind.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Act of one or of that which whistles;-the sound made through a pipe or a small orifice of the lips; shrill sound, as of the wind.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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