whistler

CEFRB1

/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or thing that makes a whistling sound.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Tom is a very good whistler.

  • The lether-winged Bat, dayes enimy, / The ruefull Strich, still waiting on the bere, / The Whistler shrill, that who so heares, doth dy […]

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwɪslə(ɹ)/

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noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.