fire alarm vs whistle

fire alarm

noun
  • An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation. 

  • The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm. 

  • An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment. 

whistle

noun
  • 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. 

  • A shrill, high-pitched sound made by 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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