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Idioms about whistle
Origin of whistle
before 950; (v.) Middle English whistlen,Old English hwistlian; akin to Old Norse hvīsla to whistle, hviskra to whisper; see whine; (noun) Middle English; Old English hwistle instrument, akin to the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM whistle
whis·tle·a·ble, adjectivein·ter·whis·tle, verb (used with object), in·ter·whis·tled, in·ter·whis·tling.un·whis·tled, adjectiveWords nearby whistle
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How to use whistle in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for whistle
whistle
/ (ËwÉȘsÉl) /
verb
noun
See also whistle for, whistle up
Word Origin for whistle
Old English hwistlian; related to Old Norse hvīsla
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Other Idioms and Phrases with whistle
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