Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistle-blow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables
whistle-blow
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Back-formation from whistleblowing or whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.

Inflected Forms

whistle-blows (present, singular) whistle-blowing (participle, present) whistle-blew (past) whistle-blown (participle, past) whistleblow (alternative)

Questions

What does whistle-blow mean?
To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
Where does whistle-blow come from?
Back-formation from whistleblowing or whistleblower, equivalent to whistle + blow.

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