Bedeutung von whistle auf Englisch

• 0 to make a shrill, often musical, sound by forcing one’s breath between the lips or teeth -- pfeifen

  • Can you whistle?

  • He whistled to attract my attention

  • He whistled a happy tune.

• 1 to make such a sound with a device designed for this -- pfeifen

  • The electric kettle’s whistling

  • The referee whistled for half-time.

• 2 to make a shrill sound in passing through the air -- pfeifen

  • The bullet whistled past his head.

• 3 (of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound -- pfeifen

  • She could hear the wind whistling in the trees.

• 4 the sound made by whistling -- der Pfiff

  • He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.

• 5 a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise -- die Pfeife

  • a tin whistle.

• 6 an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise -- die Pfeife

  • The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.