Whistle
nounid
157578·updated May 16, 2026“Whistle” is retired. It does not tag in any document, it is excluded from the anchor pack, and it does not hold its lemma — so another term can take it.
deprecated
an inexpensive fipple flute
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
No variants recorded
This term has no surface-form variants in the lexicon yet, so it tags only its canonical form.
Framework definitions
- §1
- an inexpensive fipple flute
- §2
- acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
- §3
- a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
- §4
- the act of signalling or summoning by whistling or blowing a whistle
- §5
- the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
Outgoing relationships
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Incoming relationships
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No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.