Crossword clues for whistled
whistled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whistle \Whis"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whistled; p. pr. & vb. n. Whistling.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See Whisper.]
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To make a kind of musical sound, or series of sounds, by forcing the breath through a small orifice formed by contracting the lips; also, to emit a similar sound, or series of notes, from the mouth or beak, as birds.
The weary plowman leaves the task of day, And, trudging homeward, whistles on the way.
--Gay. To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone.
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To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air.
The wild winds whistle, and the billows roar.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: whistle)
Usage examples of "whistled".
They clacked, clicked and whistled their joy and then departed towards the city, to spread the news.
The seals whistled a diminishing scale as he sidestepped her and stalked away down the corridor toward the airlock.
He took to writing the tunes which filled his head while on the road, stopping frequently to note, in tiny cramped script, the measures that he had piped, whistled or sung into being as he trudged up and down steep tracks.
Jilamey whistled at the weight of the instrument, then fitted his fingers into the twinned loops.
He whistled as he loaded the cartons of growl boxes, and waved affably to those who noticed him.
Fragments whistled into the underbrush as far up the slope as her retreat, and the idiotic thorn bushes She had recently triggered sprayed out their lethal little darts.
Pete whistled for squad cars as he broke into the edge of the crowd, swinging his nightstick.
She reached down to her boot and whistled in shrill triumph, removing the slim blade lodged there.
Kai said when she whistled at that news, "morale will deteriorate if people learn that.
The beast kicked and whistled when Trizein scraped cells from inside its furry ears.
Standing motionless, she whistled back at them, trying to reproduce several of the notes of the thousands sung at her.
Then she stood up on her toes and whistled a shrill signal as a tall, thin frog with a mottled skin of a pleasant brownish green entered the big chamber.
Then Johnny whistled at an elegantly garbed Rhyssa, dressed in a trouser suit of her favorite dark green.
Bunny tumbled into the sled and settled herself for transport while Charlie, one last time, whistled to his dogs, who obediently trotted off toward the company station.
With that she whistled up the dogs, pulled the brake up from the ice, and pushed with her foot, as if the sled were a scooter.