whistling ppl adjective.
['wɪst(ǝ)lɪŋ] LME.[from WHISTLE verb + -ING2.]1. That whistles.
LME.b. transf. Of a place: full of whistling.
E17.2. Of a sound: of the nature of a whistle.
M17.Special collocations:
whistling atmospheric =
WHISTLER 3 b.
whistling duck any of various ducks which make whistling calls or flight sounds;
esp. (a) the goldeneye;
(b) the wigeon;
(c) a duck of the genus
Dendrocygra, of tropical and subtropical regions (also called
tree duck).
whistling eagle,
whistling eagle-hawk =
whistling kite below.
whistling kettle: fitted with a device that emits a whistle as the water boils.
whistling kite an Australasian kite,
Haliastur sphenurus, which makes a series of shrill whistling calls.
whistling marmot =
WHISTLER 2(c).
whistling moth the death's head hawkmoth,
Acherontia atropos, which is capable of producing a high-pitched whistle.
whistling swan the N. American race of the tundra swan,
Cygnus columbianus, which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the US.
whistling thorn a small prickly acacia of E. Africa,
Acacia drepanolobium.
whistling thrush a thrush of the genus
Myiophoneus, of southern and eastern Asia.
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whistling verbal noun.
['wɪs(ǝ)lɪŋ] OE.[from WHISTLE verb + -ING1.]The action of
WHISTLE verb; an instance of this.
Comb.:
whistling-shop arch. slang a room in a prison where spirits were secretly sold without a licence (a whistle being given to escape detection).
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