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whistler

/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
whistler
IPA
/ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.

noun

Any of several passerine birds of the genera Pachycephala and Coracornis, of Australasia and the western Pacific.

noun

Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).

noun

A goldeneye (any of certain ducks of genus Bucephala).

noun

A whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).

noun

A mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).

noun

An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.

noun

A broken-winded horse.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

whistlers (plural) Wissler (alternative) Whiseller (alternative, obsolete) Whisler (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Whistleresque Whistlerian Whistlerism

Phrases

Baliem whistler bare-throated whistler Biak whistler Bismarck whistler black-chinned whistler black-headed whistler Bornean whistler Bougainville hooded whistler

Synonyms

hoary marmot thickhead goldeneye bucephela clangula bucephala clangula whistling marmot marmota caligata

Rhymes With

wissler whisler rissler kissler

Questions

How do you pronounce whistler?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/.
What does whistler mean?
Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
Where does whistler come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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