whistle

     

A simple whistle is a woowind instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air.

Trivia about whistle

  • The simile "clean as" one of these may come from the need to have a clean one to get a good sound
  • You'll hear it after a coach signals for a timeout in water polo
  • In a song from “Snow White”, it's what you do “while you work”
  • The Acme Thunderer is one of these used by many sports referees
  • As Lauren Bacall advised, you just put your lips together & blow
  • Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting
  • To wheeple is to do this feebly or ineffectually, perhaps trying to imitate Snow White "while you work"
  • "To Have and Have Not":"You know how to ____, don't you, Steve?"
  • Asked "What makes a woman unforgettable?" Lauren Bacall said, "She had to know how to" do this
  • A hacker called "Captain Crunch" found one of these, in a cereal box, whose tone could manipulate phone lines
  • A "dog" this is something only canines can hear; politically, it's a subtle signal to one's base

Tweets about whistle

  • Blowing that tech like a ref wit' a whistle
  • --how 'easy' most ladies are today... Then he told me how he takes advantage of the 'hot' ones. He even had the balls to whistle at me--
  • RT @JoshilynJackson: Oh ---Here is Amanda Kyle WIlliams talking about the new STRANGER + a link to my favorite angry neighbor-cat:... http:…
  • I'm at Pig & Whistle using SalmonSocial
  • RT @space__elevator: I love when trains get so excited to be a train that they whistle!
  • I found Whistle in The Tribez & Castlez for #Android. #androidgames,#gameinsight
  • I'm so official all I need is a whistle 😚 #OKSTATE18
  • @GrindPoochie @NykiaMarie_ I mean I really want this whistle I don't wanna go buy one
  • RT @SnowflakeSnow11: whistle and I'll come to you my lad #litw
  • Reliably informed......he forgot his whistle!!! God love @RFLReferees :)
  • RT @Saints1890: Referee’s whistle fails so he’s off the pitch to get a new ‘un!
  • RT @GrindPoochie: @_RespectMC @NykiaMarie_ nah you gotta say you miss me before you get this whistle 😂😏
  • DON'T WHISTLE AT ME!!!!!!!!!!
  • How the GOP became the "White Man's Party": "The story of dog whistle politics begins with George Wallace"
  • Wildly tempted to put a whistle track on this new song as an inside joke to spite the world.- william
  • Quick restart leads to a @RobPannell3 #USA goal! Canada getting chippy after the whistle. #USAMLAX 9, Canada 4.
  • Loving @TheAHL rule changes. 7 min ot, 4 on 4 until the 1st whistle after 3 min then 3 on 3. 2 fights or 3 pen in a game gets u tossed.
  • #AHL approves silly rule changes - OT will now be 7 minutes, 1st whistle after 4 minute remaining mark teams will switch ends and go 3 on 3.
  • 4-on-4 until the first whistle following three minutes of play (4:00 remaining), then 3-on-3 for the duration of the overtime period.#AHL
  • AHL approves change to 7 minute overtime. Until 1st whistle following 3:00 into OT, it will be 4-on-4. After that 3-on-3.
  • #AHL has adopted major OT changes: Overtime will be 7 minutes. Starts 4-on-4. At 1st whistle following the 4-minute mark on clock, 3-on-3.
  • Looking for certified volunteers to sit in lifeguard booths and survey the pit. Whistle down fights, make sure everything's cool. Pit watch.
  • Think someone blew the Ibiza whistle cos all of a sudden am in the airport on me way there haha ☀️🙈
  • VINE: Lionel Messi goes wild & Javier Mascherano was in tears at the final whistle. https://t.co/fOnuuNLPi7 (Via @officialdiloo). #ARG
  • Completion whistle. That game was lame. Let's see if extra overtime can fix things. #KickItInTheNetAlready
  • RT @rhettandlink: Wheeple: A poor attempt to whistle loudly.
  • RT @TheFilmOracle: Even the ref's full-time whistle sounded bored #NEDvsARG
  • #Oranje & #Albiceleset both end pale at the end of 90' FT Whistle! Match goes to #ExtraTime! #NETHERLANDS 0-0...
  • Mumcy: Where's Van Persie sef? Me: They show him after every offside whistle.
  • That's the Full time whistle... #Netherlands 0 #Argentina 0 ... Extra time will be added... #WorldCup
  • @k_stew_fan final whistle, a temporary relief or further anxiety
  • And that was d final whistle #NetherlandsVArg #NEDvsARG Goaless! #WorldCup #FansConnect
  • RT @YahooSG: Full-time whistle: 0-0 after 90 mins. We have #extratime #toiletbreak
  • RT @ChasingGoals: BLOW THE FUCKING WHISTLE
  • Full-time whistle: 0-0 after 90 mins. We have #extratime #toiletbreak
  • @miss_mcinerney this, perfect time for final whistle
  • @parx_live_easy #SemisKeNewsBreakers Its whistle to The End of Official Timings..
  • @Mozaic_Media @kofi_233 @MrMikeyGH @paadebrah @barak106 @_Akakan wheeeeew and the final whistle goes. 0-0
  • @Billie_T final whistle, Dutch had a chance of Robben the lead late on though.
  • Even the ref's full-time whistle sounded bored #NEDvsARG
  • @____youngsimba full time whistle just blew! Extra time starting in a few minutes!
  • Been waiting for that whistle
  • i've never understood how a whistle is louder than seventy thousand people
  • I needed that whistle goodness