Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistle past

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
whistle -past
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ignore or deny obvious facts; to continue despite problems.

Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From whistle past the graveyard.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whistles past (present, singular) whistling past (participle, present) whistled past (participle, past) whistled past (past)

Questions

What does whistle past mean?
To ignore or deny obvious facts; to continue despite problems.
Where does whistle past come from?
From whistle past the graveyard.

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