1 to make a shrill, often musical, sound by forcing one’s breath between the lips or teeth: Can you whistle?; He whistled to attract my attention; He whistled a happy tune.
az: fit çalmaq
ru: свистеть
2 to make such a sound with a device designed for this: The electric kettle’s whistling; The referee whistled for half-time.
az: fit vermək
ru: давать свисток
3 to make a shrill sound in passing through the air: The bullet whistled past his head.
az: vıyıltı ilə keçmək
ru: проноситься со свистом
4 (of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound: She could hear the wind whistling in the trees.
az: vıyıldamaq
ru: свистеть
♦ noun
1 the sound made by whistling: He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.
az: fit
ru: свист
2 a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise: a tin whistle.
az: düdük, fit
ru: свисток
3 an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise: The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.
az: fit
ru: свисток
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English-Azerbaijani dictionary