whistle in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
whistle in Kashmiri कॉशुर
whistle in English
- whistle⇄expr. (as) clean as a whistle,
a. neatly; without impediment or trouble; easily.
Ex. As the last seconds flitted painfully by, ... up went little McCalliog, a fleck of the head, and the ball was home clean as a whistle (London Times). - whistle⇄expr. blow the whistle on, (Informal.)
a. (Sports.) to penalize.
Ex. The referee blew the whistle on the hockey player for roughness.
b. (Figurative.) to declare illegal or dishonest.
Ex. Congress finally blew the whistle on emp - whistle⇄expr. wet one's whistle, (Informal.) to take a drink.
Ex. Let's ... wet our whistles, and so sing away all sad thoughts (Izaak Walton). - whistle⇄expr. whistle for, (Informal.) to go without; fail to get.
Ex. Without him [the Mayor] the city might still have been whistling for its fair and for its railway (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - whistle⇄expr. whistle in the dark, to try to be courageous or hopeful in a fearful or trying situation.
Ex. [He] said he was not whistling in the dark or crying alarms, but declared he had tremendous confidence that business is basically strong (Wall Stree - whistle⇄noun 1. the sound made by whistling.
Ex. (Figurative.) the whistle of the wind.
2. an instrument for making whistling sounds. The whistles used by factories, ships, and trains to signal or to warn are tubes through which air or steam is blow - whistle⇄v.i. 1. to make a clear, shrill sound by forcing breath through one's teeth or pursed lips.
Ex. The boy whistled and his dog ran to him quickly.
2. to make any similar shrill sound.
Ex. The cardinal whistled from its nest.
3. to - whistle⇄v.t. 1. to produce or utter by whistling.
Ex. to whistle a tune.
2. to call, direct, or signal by or as if by a whistle.
Ex. to whistle up a taxi.
3. (Figurative.) to send or drive with a whistling or whizzing sound.
Ex. t - whistle⇄whistle, verb, -tled,-tling,noun.