whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
boat whistle | a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning |
factory whistle | a whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work |
pennywhistle tin whistle whistle | an inexpensive fipple flute |
steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
whistle | acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound |
whistle | a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it |
whistle stop flag stop way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
whistle whistling | the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle, the whistle signalled the end of the game |
whistle buoy whistling buoy | a buoy that makes a whistling noise |
whistle whistling | the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture |
whistle blower whistle-blower whistleblower | an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it, the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on, the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals |
whistle | utter or express by whistling, She whistled a melody |
whistle | give a signal by whistling, She whistled for her maid |
wolf-whistle | whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males |
whistle sing | make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound, the kettle was singing, the bullet sang past his ear |
whistle | move with, or as with, a whistling sound, The bullets whistled past him |
whistle | move, send, or bring as if by whistling, Her optimism whistled away these worries |
whistle | make whistling sounds, He lay there, snoring and whistling |