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Webster 1913 Edition

Whistling

Whis′tling

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Whistle
,
Verb.
Whistling buoy
.
(Naut.)
See under
Buoy
.
–
Whistling coot
(Zool.)
,
the American black scoter.
–
Whistling Dick
.
(Zool.)
(a)
An Australian shrike thrush (
Colluricincla Selbii
).
(b)
The song thrush.
[Prov. Eng.]
–
Whistling duck
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The golden-eye.
(b)
A tree duck.
–
Whistling eagle
(Zool.)
,
a small Australian eagle (
Haliastur sphenurus
); – called also
whistling hawk
, and
little swamp eagle
.
–
Whistling plover
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The golden plover.
(b)
The black-bellied, or gray, plover.
–
Whistling snipe
(Zool.)
,
the American woodcock.
–
Whistling swan
.
(Zool.)
(a)
The European whooper swan; – called also
wild swan
, and
elk
.
(b)
An American swan (
Olor columbianus
). See under
Swan
.
–
Whistling teal
(Zool.)
,
a tree duck, as
Dendrocygna awsuree
of India.
–
Whistling thrush
.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of several species of singing birds of the genus
Myiophonus
, native of Asia, Australia, and the East Indies. They are generally black, glossed with blue, and have a patch of bright blue on each shoulder. Their note is a loud and clear whistle.
(b)
The song thrush.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Whistling

WHISTLING

,
ppr.
Uttering a musical sound through a small orifice of the lips; sounding with a pipe; making a shrill sound, as wind.

Definition 2024

whistling

whistling

English

Verb

whistling

  1. present participle of whistle

Noun

whistling ‎(plural whistlings)

  1. A shrill, breathy sound; a whistle.

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