A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.
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Whistle
/ˈwɪs(ə)l/
Synonyms for "whistle" (386 found)
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Closest matches (78)
air-raid alarmalarmalarm bellalarm clockalarm signalalarumalertall clearangelusangelus bellanthemassibilationaulosbagpipeballadbasset hornbasset oboebassoonbattle crybay
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beaconbeambeepbellbirdcallbirdiesblareblastblatblinking lightbloopingblowblow a hornblow the hornblurpingboiler factoryboiler roombombardboobraybuglebugle callbull-roarerburglar alarmbuzzbuzzercacklecallcapercaracolecarilloncarolcatcallcaterwaulcawchantchattercheepcherry bombchirkchirpchirrchirrupchitterchoirchoruschuckclackclackerclap handsclapperclarinetclarion
Strong matches (115)
cluckcock-a-doodle-doocontrabassooncontrafagottocoocrackercreakcricketcroakcromornecronkcrooncrostariecrowcuckoodancedelightdescantdistortiondo-re-mi
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doodledouble bassoondouble reeddouble-tonguedrumeffervesceeffervescenceeffervescingenglish hornexultfanfarefeedbackfiery crossfifefipple flutefire alarmfire bellfire flagfirecrackerfive-minute gunfizzfizzlefizzlingflageoletflashflashing lightflourish of trumpetsfluteflutterflutteringfog bellfog signalfoghornfricationfrictional rustlingfriskfrolicgabblegagglegale warninggambolgive the birdgive the raspberrygloryglowgobblegroangrowlgugglehautboyheckelphonehisshissinghonkhoohoothooterhornhornpipehowlhowlinghue and cryhumhurricane warninghushhushinghymnintonateintonejoyjubilatekeenklaxonlast postlaughlicorice sticklighthouseliltliplispmaydayminstrelmoanmoose callmotorboatingmurmurmusettemutternoisemakernote of alarmoaten reed
Related words (193)
oboeoboe da cacciaocarinaocculting lightpandean pipepanpipepealpeeppenny-whistlepiccolopippipepolice whistlepommerpsalmquackquaverradiate cheerrallying cryrattle
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rattleboxrebel yellrecorderreedreed instrumentrejoicereveillerevelrhonchusroarrollrollickromprouladerumblesaxsaxophonescoldscratchingscreakscreamscreechserenadeshakeshawmshreddingshriekshrillshushshushingsibilancesibilatesibilationsifflesighsigmatismsignal of distresssingsing in chorussingle reedsingle-reed instrumentsirensisssissingsizzsizzlesizzlingskipskip for joyskirlskreighsmall-craft warningsmilesnappersnarlsneezesneezingsniffsnifflesnoresnortsnuffsnufflesobsol fasol-fasolmizatesonorophonesossoughsoundsound a tattoosound tapssparklespitspluttersputtersquashsquawksqueaksquealsquealssquelchsquishstaticsteam whistlesternutationstertorstill alarmstorm conestorm flagstorm warningstreaksummonssweet potatoswishsyrinxtabor pipetantaratantararatapstarantaratattootenoroonticktacktin-whistletocsintonguetoottootletremolotrilltriple-tonguetrolltrumpettrumpet blasttrumpet calltweedletweedledeetweettwittwittertwo-minute gunululateululationupside-down flagvocalizewailwar crywarblewheezewhinewhishwhisperwhistle atwhistleswhistlingwhite noisewhizwhizgigwhizzerwhooshwindwind the hornwoodswoodwindwoodwind choirwoodwind instrumentwoompingwowwowwowswrawlyammeryodelzip
Noun(15 words)
Related word relations
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More general
33 entriesacoustic deviceacoustic emissionacoustic signaling deviceaudible soundcommunicatecommunicationdisclosedisplacefipple flutefipple pipegoinformintercommunicatelocomotemoverecorder
Showing 16 of 33 words.
More specific
10 entriesalarm whistleexternal whistleblowinghigh pitched noteinternal whistleblowingpea whistlepolice whistlereferee whistleshrill toneshrill whistlesoft whistle
Collocations
11 entriesacoustic signaling devicecoach whistlehigh pitched whistlemetal whistlepea whistleplastic whistlepolice whistlereferee whistleshrill whistlewhistle stopwhistleblower
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 39 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սուլոց noun (sound made by whistling)
Assamese
2 entries- উকি noun (sound made by whistling)
- সুহুৰি noun (sound made by whistling)
Breton
2 entries- c'hwitelladenn noun (sound made by whistling)
- c'hwitelladennoù noun (sound made by whistling)
Catalan
1 entries- xiulada noun (sound made by whistling)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 口哨 noun (sound made by whistling)
Danish
2 entries- fløjt noun (sound made by whistling)
- pift noun (sound made by whistling)
Dutch
1 entries- fluittoon noun (sound made by whistling)
Esperanto
1 entries- fajfo noun (sound made by whistling)
Finnish
2 entries- vihellys noun (sound made by whistling)
- vislaus noun (sound made by whistling)
French
3 entries- sifflement noun (sound made by whistling)
- sifflements noun (sound made by whistling)
- sifflet noun (sound made by whistling)
Galician
1 entries- asubío noun (sound made by whistling)
Georgian
1 entries- სტვენა noun (sound made by whistling)
German
2 entries- Pfeifen noun (sound made by whistling)
- Pfiff noun (sound made by whistling)
Greek
2 entries- σφυριξιά noun (sound made by whistling)
- σφύριγμα noun (sound made by whistling)
Hindi
1 entries- सीटी noun (sound made by whistling)
Hungarian
1 entries- füttyszó noun (sound made by whistling)
Indonesian
1 entries- siulan noun (sound made by whistling)
Italian
1 entries- fischio noun (sound made by whistling)
Japanese
1 entries- 口笛 noun (sound made by whistling)
Korean
1 entries- 휘파람 noun (sound made by whistling)
Latvian
1 entries- svilpiens noun (sound made by whistling)
Lithuanian
1 entries- švilpimas noun (sound made by whistling)
Malay
1 entries- siulan noun (sound made by whistling)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചൂളം noun (sound made by whistling)
Marathi
1 entries- शिटी noun (sound made by whistling)
Polish
1 entries- gwizd noun (sound made by whistling)
Portuguese
3 entries- apito noun (sound made by whistling)
- assobio noun (sound made by whistling)
- assovio noun (sound made by whistling)
Romanian
1 entries- fluierat noun (sound made by whistling)
Russian
2 entries- свист noun (sound made by whistling)
- свисто́к noun (sound made by whistling)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fead noun (sound made by whistling)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zvȉždūk noun (sound made by whistling)
- зви̏ждӯк noun (sound made by whistling)
Slovak
1 entries- hvizd noun (sound made by whistling)
Spanish
4 entries- chifla noun (sound made by whistling)
- chifle noun (sound made by whistling)
- chiflido noun (sound made by whistling)
- pitada noun (sound made by whistling)
Swedish
1 entries- vissling noun (sound made by whistling)
Thai
1 entries- เสียงผิวปาก noun (sound made by whistling)
Ukrainian
3 entries- свист noun (sound made by whistling)
- свисто́к noun (sound made by whistling)
- сюрчо́к noun (sound made by whistling)
Urdu
1 entries- سیٹی noun (sound made by whistling)
Venetan
1 entries- fis-cio noun (sound made by whistling)
Welsh
2 entries- chwiban noun (sound made by whistling)
- chwibaniad noun (sound made by whistling)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
We were roused at daybreak by the whistle of a train.
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On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.
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One of the pickpockets blew the whistle on the other two.
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Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.