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whistling
[ hwis-ling, wis- ]
noun
- the act of a person or thing that whistles.
- the sound produced.
- Veterinary Pathology. a form of roaring characterized by a peculiarly shrill sound.
whistling
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
- vet science a breathing defect of horses characterized by a high-pitched sound with each intake of air Compare roaring
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whistling1
Example Sentences
And a BBC news reporter grasped the rare opportunity to try to woo him from the skies by whistling a magic pipe.
At one stage in the final referee Kirk Bevins had to tell the crowd to stop whistling, while earlier on Gerwyn Price mocked spectators by whistling himself when they got on his back.
The Greens, on the other hand, described the bill "dog whistling that shamefully scapegoated international students for the housing crisis they did not cause".
World-class whistling, from a Scottish perspective at least.
“It feels like we’re in a tornado, without the whistling sound. The winds are really, really whipping. We’ve already seen a few transformers blow in our neighbourhood just by looking out the back porch.”
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