Meanings (ES + gloss)
chifle • pito • silbato
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—thes…
One thing I took great care to observe was obedience to the "whistle" boards which crop up with great frequency, for failure to sound the whistle, if observed by the gendarmerie, c…
pitido • pito • silbato
Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
the whistle of the wind in the trees
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chiflar • chuflar • pitar • silbar
To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
He was whistling a happy tune.
Never whistle at a funeral.
chuflar • silbar
To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
A bullet whistled past.
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