whistler
noun
a person or thing that whistles.
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whistler
1 American
[hwis-ler, wis-]
/ ˈʰwɪs lər, ˈwɪs- /
noun
whistlers
plural
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a person or thing that whistles.
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something that makes a sound like a whistle.
The windstorm was a 60-mile-an-hour whistler.
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any of various birds whose wings whistle in flight, especially the goldeneye.
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a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of mountainous northwestern North America, closely related to the woodchuck.
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a horse afflicted with whistling.
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Radio. a whistling sound heard on a radio, a type of interference caused by distant lightning.
Whistler
2
American
[wis-ler, hwis-]
/ ˈwɪs lər, ˈʰwɪs- /
noun
whistler
1
British
/ ˈwɪslə /
noun
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a person or thing that whistles
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radio an atmospheric disturbance picked up by radio receivers, characterized by a whistling sound of decreasing pitch. It is caused by the electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning
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any of various birds having a whistling call, such as certain Australian flycatchers and the goldeneye See also thickhead
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any of various North American marmots of the genus Marmota, esp M. caligata ( hoary marmot )
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vet science a horse affected with an abnormal respiratory noise, resembling whistling
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informal a referee
Whistler
2
British
/ ˈwɪslə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of whistler
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hwistlere. See whistle, -er 1
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Those are the occupational hazards of a professional whistler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
These days, Sundays look a bit different for the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and whistler, but they’re still a time for decompressing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
The Celtic boss was not at all happy with Beaton's VAR performance in their recent loss at Hearts, but insists he has no issue with the choice of whistler at Ibrox.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Your character in "The Big Door Prize" is a whistler among other things.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2023
I mean you don't just go up to somebody and say, "You're a terrific whistler."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
She’d been in the midst of writing a different book, a novel about a Wyoming rancher and her horse, Whistler, but it wasn’t clicking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
There’s a stunning group of watercolors, seemingly breathed onto the paper, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, fragile etchings by Whistler and dazzling, light-struck waterside scenes by Sargent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Prince Harry was invited by Olga Rudneva, a chief executive of the centre, at the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
As diners quaffed fine wine and ate expensive dishes, they could glance at the painting by Rex Whistler depicting a hunting party riding through a fantastical landscape.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
"The correspondences of nuances," he sings to his neighbour, who happens to be Whistler.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
Surfing YouTube for throat whistlers, Saxon came across a former circus performer named Paul “The Birdman” Manalatos who had developed a signature coo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Intriguingly, the scientists report that the whistlers usually exchanged whistles with second-order allies with whom they were weakly bonded, rather than calling to a best buddy.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 24, 2022
She added, “We’re a whooping and hollering crowd in Philadelphia now,” and described baseball whistlers and shouts from the audience.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2015
They take turns reading the text and whistling until all the whistlers have taken a solo.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2013
They don't hurt anybody, most of them, and maybe they're secretly all terrific whistlers or something.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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