whistling in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.whistle [Brit ˈwɪs(ə)l, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl] N

II.whistle [Brit ˈwɪs(ə)l, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl] VB trans

III.whistle [Brit ˈwɪs(ə)l, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl] VB intr

IV.whistle [Brit ˈwɪs(ə)l, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl]

I.whistle-stop [Brit, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl ˌstɑp] Am RAIL N

II.whistle-stop <pres part whistle-stopping; pret, pp whistle-stopped> [Brit, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl ˌstɑp] Am RAIL VB intr

I.whistle up VB [Brit ˈwɪs(ə)l -, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl -] inf (whistle up [sth])

I.wolf whistle [Brit ˈwʊlf wɪs(ə)l, Am ˈwʊlf ˌ(h)wɪsəl] N

whistle-blower [Brit, Am ˈ(h)wɪsəl ˌbloʊ(ə)r] N inf

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whistling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whistling in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.whistle <-ling> [ˈwɪsl] VB intr, trans

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whistling Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to go off whistling on one's way to war
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All she has to offer him is a scattergun spray of insults, and cutie-pie whistling.
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Singing is permitted, provided the singer is singing words rather than humming or whistling a tune.
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Elementary hallucinations are the perception of sounds such as hissing, whistling, an extended tone, and more.
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It consists of a variable, imitative series of notes, sometimes lark-like and sometimes whistling, pouring out in a continual stream.
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Bird vocalization, like human whistling, is derived from the trachea and is caused by air forced through a hole.
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They revere a large black and white whistling tree kangaroo called a bondegzeu as an ancestor.
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In this case the noisy audience is represented by the wolf-whistling and howling of a wolf in the audience.
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The whistling thorn grows up to 6 meters tall.
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Bird always sews together playful semantic puzzles and eerie whistling hooks, couching them in the cadence of his violin.
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The whistling ducks have long legs and necks, and are very gregarious, flying to and from night-time roosts in large flocks.
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