Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistle down the wind

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: whistle -down the wind
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.

Transitive verb

verb

To badmouth someone or something; to disparage.

Transitive verb

verb

To talk to no purpose.

Example Sentences

"Can he do nothing for his Burns but make a Gauger of him; lionise him, bedinner him, for a foolish while: then whistle him down the wind, to desperation and bitter death?"
"It is very easy for you to whistle down the wind an eligible partner. There are far too many of us who can only wish we might have had the choice!"

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

whistles down the wind (present, singular) whistling down the wind (participle, present) whistled down the wind (participle, past) whistled down the wind (past)

Phrases

whistle in the dark whistle in the wind whistle past the graveyard whistle Dixie

Frequently Paired Words

whistle in the dark whistle in the wind whistle past the graveyard whistle Dixie

Questions

What does whistle down the wind mean?: To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.

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