WHISTLER


Meaning of WHISTLER in English

ˈhwis(ə)lə(r) also ˈwi- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwistlere, from hwistlian to whistle + -ere -er

1. : one that whistles: as

a. : a player on the fife, flute, or pipe

b.

(1) : any of various Australian and Polynesian birds (as of the genus Pachycephala ) that are related to the shrikes and have a whistling call — called also thickhead

(2) : american goldeneye

c. : a large mountain marmot ( Marmota caligata ) of northwestern No. America of a hoary color with blackish head and feet

d. : a broken-winded horse

e. : a rising and falling noise heard on radio resulting from an electrical disturbance caused by a lightning discharge

2. : one that evokes whistles of admiration

it was a whistler of a story … while it lasted — Newsweek

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