whistle vs whistler

whistle

noun
  • An act of 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. 

  • 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. 

whistler

noun
  • Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. 

  • The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa). 

  • The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala). 

  • The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata). 

  • An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning. 

  • A broken-winded horse. 

  • Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific. 

  • Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species). 

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