whistles
Referee's mouth tools
Whistles are high-pitched sounds made by forcing air through a small opening—pursed lips, a mechanical device, or a narrow gap.
A whistle can signal, summon, or express approval or disapproval: The referee blew the whistle.
To whistle is to produce such a sound, whether from the mouth or from wind through trees.
Someone who whistles past the graveyard pretends confidence despite fear.
To wet your whistle is to take a drink.
A whistleblower exposes wrongdoing, from the referee's whistle stopping play.
Small metal fipple flute
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- fippleWindway plug in flutes
- panpipesGraduated tube wind instrument
- ocarinaSmall clay wind instrument
fife · piccolo · flute · boatswain · mouthpiece · toot · blow · shrill
Sports rule enforcer
- coachOne who instructs
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
attention · warning · summons · halt · start · foul · timeout · emergency
Short, high avian sound
song · call · peep · birdsong · songbird · mimic · mockingbird · blackbird
High-pitched and harsh
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- high-pitchedHigh in frequency
- melodicMusically pleasing to hear
- tunelessLacking melody or pitch
pennywhistle
Small metal fipple flute
ocarina · fife · piccolo · flute · boatswain · mouthpiece · toot · blow · shrill · piercing
referee
Sports rule enforcer
alert · attention · warning · summons · halt · start · foul · timeout · emergency · distress
chirp
Short, high avian sound
cheep · song · call · peep · birdsong · songbird · mimic · mockingbird · blackbird · thrush
shrill
High-pitched and harsh
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- high-pitchedHigh in frequency
- melodicMusically pleasing to hear
tuneless · sharp · loud · soft · low · breathy · airy · whoosh · hiss · wheeze
imperfection
Fault or shortcoming
chip · scratch · dent · fault · glitch · extra · add-on · frills · features · embellishment
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- locker roomslockers, benches, wooden benches, showers, towels
- signalingsmoke signals, signal fires, signal flags, signal lamps, signal towers
- train conductorticket punch, tickets, uniforms, caps, announcements
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, rescue tube, life jacket, drowning prevention
- blow the whistleExpose hidden wrongdoing
- clean as a whistleEntirely free from impurity
- bells and whistlesSuperfluous attractive features
- blown the whistleExposed concealed misconduct
- blowing the whistleReporting illicit activity
- dog whistleHigh-frequency pet caller
whistle, whistling, whistled, whistler, whistlers, whistlings