Betekenis van:
whistle

to whistle
Werkwoord
  • met een fluitje roepen
  • give a signal by whistling
"She whistled for her maid"

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to whistle
Werkwoord
  • uitfluiten
  • give a signal by whistling
"She whistled for her maid"

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to whistle
Werkwoord
    • move, send, or bring as if by whistling
    "Her optimism whistled away these worries"

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    to whistle
    Werkwoord
    • fluiten
    • utter or express by whistling
    "She whistled a melody"

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    to whistle
    Werkwoord
      • move with, or as with, a whistling sound
      "The bullets whistled past him"

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      to whistle
      Werkwoord
        • make whistling sounds

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        to whistle
        Werkwoord
          • make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound

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          whistle
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • signaalinstrument; kort fluitsignaal
          • acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound

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          whistle
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • fluitsein; geluid
          • the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture

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          whistle
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
          • fluitje waarmee men het geluid van een vogel nabootst om deze te lokken
          • an inexpensive fipple flute

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          whistle
          Zelfstandig naamwoord
            • the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
            "the whistle signalled the end of the game"

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            whistle
            Zelfstandig naamwoord
              • a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it

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              Voorbeeldzinnen

              1. Don't whistle at school.
              2. Don't let him whistle.
              3. Can you whistle?
              4. I heard someone whistle.
              5. He can't whistle.
              6. He began to whistle a tune.
              7. The police officer blew his whistle.
              8. On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.
              9. In her youth, Mary played the penny whistle.
              10. A whistle is blown at the start of a game.
              11. Tom can't play the tin whistle very well.
              12. With a piercing whistle, the ship sailed from the port.
              13. She's trying to whistle, but she doesn't know how.
              14. The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
              15. The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.