choir vs whistle

choir

noun
  • A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together. 

  • The part of a church where the choir assembles for song. 

  • One of the nine ranks or orders of angels. 

  • Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord. 

verb
  • To sing in concert. 

whistle

noun
  • A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling. 

  • A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. 

  • An act of whistling. 

  • Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling. 

  • A suit (from whistle and flute). 

  • The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc. 

  • To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound. 

  • To send, signal, or call by a whistle. 

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