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- Dictionarywhis·tler/ˈ(h)wis(ə)lər/
noun
- 1. a person who whistles: "he couldn't tell whether the whistler was moving away from or towards him"
- 2. a robust Australasian and Indonesian songbird with a strong and typically hooked bill and a loud melodious call.
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Learn the meaning of whistler as a noun, referring to a person or animal that whistles, or a radio signal produced by lightning. Find examples, word history, and related entries for whistler.
a person or thing that whistles. something that makes a sound like a whistle: The windstorm was a 60-mile-an-hour whistler. any of various birds whose wings whistle in flight, especially the goldeneye. thickhead ( def 2 ).
1 day ago · /ˈwɪslər/ /ˈhwɪslər/ IPA guide. Other forms: Whistlers. Definitions of Whistler. noun. United States painter (1834-1903) synonyms: James Abbott McNeill Whistler. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Whistler." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Whistler. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024. Copy citation.
1. a person or thing that whistles. 2. radio. an atmospheric disturbance picked up by radio receivers, characterized by a whistling sound of decreasing pitch. It is caused by the electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning. 3. any of various birds having a whistling call, such as certain Australian flycatchers and the goldeneye.
Jun 12, 2024 · whistler (plural whistlers) Someone or something that whistles , or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis , of Australasia and the western Pacific .
noun. a person or thing that whistles. something that makes a sound like a whistle: The windstorm was a 60-mile-an-hour whistler. any of various birds whose wings whistle in flight, especially the goldeneye. thickhead (def. 2). a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of mountainous northwestern North America, closely related to the woodchuck.
Learn the meaning of whistler as a noun, referring to a person, animal, or thing that whistles, or a bird with a whistling call. Find synonyms, sentences, and similar words for whistler.
