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whistler /ˈwɪslə /noun1A person who whistles: he couldn’t tell whether the whistler was moving away from or towards him...- But as others explained, even talented whistlers often choose the tool to avoid putting fingers made grimy by farm work anywhere near their mouth.
- All builders, decorators, plumbers, electricians and workmen of whatever stripe are whistlers.
- And suddenly the quiet is shattered by an unseen whistler walking on an adjacent platform and giving a perfect rendition of the theme tune to ‘Thomas the Tank Engine.’
1.1An atmospheric radio disturbance heard as a whistle that falls in pitch, caused by lightning.And if you've never heard the likes of sferics, tweeks, or whistlers, or listened to radio from Jupiter, tune in to a page on the site ‘Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum’....- Listening to a tweek or a whistler conjures up nothing like a bolt of lightning in the mind's eye, however.
- Sun Rings is a piece composed by Terry Riley for string quartet and a 60-voice choir, and part of it comes from the whistlers recorded by NASA's explorations into space.
2A robust Australasian and Indonesian songbird with a strong and typically hooked bill and a loud melodious call. Also called thickhead.- Family Pachycephalidae: four genera, in particular Pachycephala, and many species.
My grandfather wanted to look through the book and quickly became enthralled by its colorful plates of whistlers, honeyeaters, parrots, pigeons, and doves....- Then there was another black-white-yellow bird, not a whistler - a shrike tit?
- Bald coots enjoyed his potatoes, olive whistlers pulled up sprouting peas, and pipits ate young sprouts.
3 North American term for hoary marmot.In fact, another name for the hoary marmot is the whistler. |