whistlings
High-pitched airy tones
Whistlings is the plural of whistling, referring to multiple instances of the high-pitched sound made by forcing air through pursed lips or a narrow opening.
The word appears in descriptions of natural sounds—the whistlings of wind through the rigging—or repeated signals: The referee's whistlings grew more insistent as players ignored him.
Spouted vessel for heating water
- teapotSteeping and serving vessel
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- pressureForce upon contact
valve · radiator · pipes · train · locomotive · factory · siren · release
Avian musical vocalizations
- chirpingHigh repeated animal calls
- trillingRapid note alternation
- warblingSinging with quavers
- tweetsBrief social media posts
songbirds · calls · melodies · dawn chorus · blackbird · thrush · canary · finch
Tightened, puckered mouth
- tuneMusical sequence of notes
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- catcallHarassing shout or whistle
hailing · summoning · taxi · attention · passerby · street · jaunty · cheerful
kettle
Spouted vessel for heating water
- teapotSteeping and serving vessel
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
pressure · valve · radiator · pipes · train · locomotive · factory · siren · release · hissing
birdsong
Avian musical vocalizations
tweets · songbirds · calls · melodies · dawn chorus · blackbird · thrush · canary · finch · nightingale
pursed lips
Tightened, puckered mouth
catcall · hailing · summoning · taxi · attention · passerby · street · jaunty · cheerful · absentminded
wind
Air current outdoors
howling · eaves · chimney · cracks · windows · doors · branches · reeds · caves · canyons
bullets
Firearm projectiles
- arrowsShafted projectiles for bows
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- whizzingMoving rapidly with sound
flying · overhead · past · trajectory · warfare · battlefield · incoming · shells · artillery · combat
whistlingshummings
Low continuous vocalizations
singings · mutterings · mumblings · vocalizations · gruntings
whistlingssilences
Stops from speaking
hushes · quiets · stillnesses · soundlessness · whisperings
- whistling in the darkFeigning courage when afraid
- dog whistlingCovert targeted messaging
- wolf whistlingShrill, unwanted public admiration
- whistling in the windUseless attempt at persuasion
- whistling kettlePot that signals boiling
- whistling past the graveyardFaking calm amid fear