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whistle noun

  /ˈwɪs.əl/ , /ˈʍɪs.əl/ , [-.l̩]
  • A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
 silbato, pito, chifle
  • Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
 pitada, chifla, chifle, chiflido, pitido, pito

whistle verb

  /ˈwɪs.əl/ , /ˈʍɪs.əl/ , [-.l̩]
  • (ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
 silbar, chiflar, pitar, chuflar
  • (intransitive) To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
 silbar, chuflar
whistle-blower
alcaucil, alertador, delator, denunciante, pregonante, propalador
blow the whistle
chivarse, dar el soplo, delatar, pregonar, propalar, pitar
whistle in the dark
mojonear, poner buena cara
whistle past the graveyard
hacerse el sonzo, hacerse el tonto, poner buena cara
wet one's whistle
mojar el gaznate
final whistle
pitido final
death whistle
silbato de la muerte
pea whistle
silbato
whistle Dixie
fantasear
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