Betekenis van:
whistle
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"
Hyperoniemen
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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Hyponiemen
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
- a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- Don't whistle at school.
- Don't let him whistle.
- Can you whistle?
- I heard someone whistle.
- He can't whistle.
- He began to whistle a tune.
- The police officer blew his whistle.
- On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.
- In her youth, Mary played the penny whistle.
- A whistle is blown at the start of a game.
- Tom can't play the tin whistle very well.
- With a piercing whistle, the ship sailed from the port.
- She's trying to whistle, but she doesn't know how.
- The referee blew his whistle to end the match.
- The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.