turntable vs whistle

turntable

verb
  • To manipulate sound using turntables; to perform turntablism; to scratch 

  • To rotate or turn around using, or as if using, a turntable. 

  • To play (a record) using a turntable. 

noun
  • The circular rotating platform of a record player or a disk jockey's console on which the record rests during play; (by extension), a record player. 

  • A rotating platform placed in a circular pit, used for turning locomotives, cars, or trucks. 

  • A circular rotating platform. 

whistle

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

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

  • To send, signal, or call by a 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. 

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