wolf whistlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwʊlf ˌwɪs.əl/us/ˈwʊlf ˌwɪs.əl/a whistle (= sound made by blowing air through the lips) sometimes made by a man when he sees a woman he finds sexually attractive:
The last time she went out wearing those ripped jeans she got several wolf whistles.
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
- boom
- Bronx cheer
- catcall
- cheer
- crow
- gasp
- groan
- hoot
- keen
- laugh, shout, scream, etc. your head off idiom
- moan
- rasp
- raspberry
- roar
- sibilant
- squall
- wail
- whistle
- whoop
- yowl
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wolf-whistle
verb [ I ] ukus
Builders are renowned for wolf-whistling at any woman who walks by.