Found 4 items, similar to whistling.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: whistle
bersiul
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: whistle
bersiul, cicik, peluit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: whistling
whistling
n 1: the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam
coming out of a small aperture [syn:
whistle]
2: the act of whistling a tune;
“his cheerful whistling
indicated that he enjoyed his work”
3: the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or
blowing a whistle;
“the whistle signalled the end of the
game” [syn:
whistle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Whistling
Whistle
\Whis"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Whistled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Whistling.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan.
hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43.
See
Whisper.]
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1. To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by
forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by
contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or
series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
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The weary plowman leaves the task of day,
And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way. --Gay.
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2. To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument,
somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp,
shrill tone.
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3. To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill
sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
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The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar.
--Pope.
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Whistling
\Whis"tling\,
a. & n. from
Whistle, v.
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Whistling buoy. (Naut.) See under
Buoy.
Whistling coot (Zo["o]l.), the American black scoter.
Whistling Dick. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An Australian shrike thrush (
Colluricincla Selbii).
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Whistling duck. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden-eye.
(b) A tree duck.
Whistling eagle (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian eagle
(
Haliastur sphenurus); -- called also
whistling hawk,
and
little swamp eagle.
Whistling plover. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
Whistling snipe (Zo["o]l.), the American woodcock.
Whistling swan. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European whooper swan; -- called also
wild swan,
and
elk.
(b) An American swan (
Olor columbianus). See under
Swan.
Whistling teal (Zo["o]l.), a tree duck, as
Dendrocygna awsuree
of India.
Whistling thrush. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
Myiophonus, native of Asia, Australia, and the East
Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and
have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note
is a loud and clear whistle.
(b) The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
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