1. глагол 1) а) свистеть Например: She whistled a song to me. — Она просвистела мне какую-то мелодию. б) давать свисток, сигналить свистком 2) подзывать свистком 3) свистеть в знак одобрения 4) проноситься со свистом Например: A bullet whistled past him. — Рядом с ним просвистела пуля. 5) (whistle for) тщетно искать или желать (чего-либо) 2. имя существительное 1) свист Например: shrill whistle — пронзительный свист 2) свисток Например: to blow (on) a whistle — свистеть в свисток to give a whistle — дать свисток Например: to pay for one's whistle — дорого платить за свою прихоть to wet one's whistle [используется в разговорной речи] — промочить горло (алкоголем), выпить
1) свист; свистеть 2) свисток 3) [радио] свистящий атмосферик
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistle; akin to Old Norse hvīsla to whisper 1. a. a small wind instrument in which sound is produced by the forcible passage of breath through a slit in a short tube Example: a police whistle b. a device through which air or steam is forced into a cavity or against a thin edge to produce a loud sound Example: a factory whistle 2. a. a shrill clear sound produced by forcing breath out or air in through the puckered lips b. the sound produced by a whistle c. a signal given by or as if by whistling 3. a sound that resembles a whistle; especially a shrill clear note of or as if of a bird II. verb (whistled; whistling) intransitive verb 1. a. to utter a shrill clear sound by blowing or drawing air through the puckered lips b. to utter a shrill note or call resembling a whistle c. to make a shrill clear sound especially by rapid movement Example: the wind whistled d. to blow or sound a whistle 2. a. to give a signal or issue an order or summons by or as if by whistling b. to make a demand without result Example: he did a sloppy job, so he can whistle for his money transitive verb 1. a. to send, bring, signal, or call by or as if by whistling b. to charge (as a basketball or hockey player) with an infraction 2. to produce, utter, or express by whistling Example: whistle a tune • whistleable adjective