WHET ONE'S WHISTLE

Meaning of WHET ONE'S WHISTLE in English

phrasal

archaic : wet one's whistle

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — выпить, глотнуть спиртного, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — выпить, глотнуть спиртного, промочить глотку
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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WHET ONE'S WHISTLE — глотнуть спиртного, выпить, промочить глотку
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHET — slifar; (appetite) stimular
English interlingue dictionary
WHET — I. transitive verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwisəl also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHET — I. ˈhwet also ˈwet; usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( whetted ; whetted ; whetting ; whets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHISTLE — (v. i.) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, produces a …
Английский словарь Webster
WHISTLE
Английский словарь Webster
WHET — (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
Английский словарь Webster
WHET — (n.) The act of whetting.
Английский словарь Webster
WHET — (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage.
Английский словарь Webster
WHET — (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to …
Английский словарь Webster
WHISTLE — ( v. i. ) An instrument in which gas or steam forced into a cavity, or against a thin edge, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHET — ( v. t. ) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHET — ( v. t. ) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHET — ( n. ) The act of whetting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — — whistleable , adj. /hwis"euhl, wis"-/ , v. , whistled, whistling , n. v.i. 1. to make a clear musical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHET — — whetter , n. /hwet, wet/ , v. , whetted, whetting , n. v.t. 1. to sharpen (a knife, tool, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. ˈhwi-səl, ˈwi- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistle; akin to Old Norse hvīsla to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHET — I. ˈhwet, ˈwet transitive verb ( whet·ted ; whet·ting ) Etymology: Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHISTLE
Webster English vocab
WHET — noun the act of whetting. 2. whet ·noun that which whets or sharpens; ·esp., an appetizer. 3. whet ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — [whis.tle] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE hwistle; akin to ON hvisla to whisper] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHET — [whet] vt whet.ted ; whet.ting [ME whetten, fr. OE hwettan; akin to OHG wezzen to whet, waz sharp] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHISTLE — short flute having a stopped lower end and a flue that directs the player's breath from the mouth hole at …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHET — whet BrE AmE wet hwet ▷ whets wets hwets ▷ whetted ˈwet ɪd ˈhwet-, -əd AmE wet̬ əd ˈhwet̬- ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHISTLE — / ˈwɪsl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a small metal or plastic tube that you blow to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHET — / wet; NAmE / verb ( -tt- ) [ vn ] to increase your desire for or interest in sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. whis ‧ tle 1 /ˈwɪs ə l/ BrE AmE verb 1 . HIGH SOUND [intransitive and transitive] to make …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHET — whet /wet/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle whetted , present participle whetting ) [transitive] [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHISTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHISTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a clear shrill sound made by forcing breath through a small hole between nearly closed …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
WHISTLE — ( whistles, whistling, whistled) 1. When you whistle or when you whistle a tune, you make a series of musical …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHET — ( whets, whetting, whetted) If someone or something whets your appetite for a particular thing, they increase your desire to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHISTLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet whistles (= moves fast making a noise ) ▪ I heard a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHET — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN appetite ▪ To whet your appetite , try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHISTLE — [verb] - to make a high sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, esp. through the lips, …
Cambridge English vocab
WHET — (INTEREST) [verb] [T] -tt- - whet someone's appetite to increase someone's interest in and desire for something, usually by giving …
Cambridge English vocab
WHISTLE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHET — A morning's draught, commonly white wine, supposed to whet or sharpen the appetite.
Slang English vocab
WHISTLE — I. noun 1 small metal/plastic tube that you blow ADJECTIVE ▪ dog , police , train ▪ guard's , referee's …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHET — verb Whet is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ appetite , ↑ knife
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WHET — n. 25B6; verb he whetted his knife on a stone : SHARPEN, hone, strop, grind, file. something to whet your …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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