Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whistle
Participle: whistled
Gerund: whistling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whistle |
| you | whistle |
| he;she;it | whistles |
| we | whistle |
| you | whistle |
| they | whistle |
Perfect
| I | have whistled |
| you | have whistled |
| he;she;it | has whistled |
| we | have whistled |
| you | have whistled |
| they | have whistled |
Past
| I | whistled |
| you | whistled |
| he;she;it | whistled |
| we | whistled |
| you | whistled |
| they | whistled |
Pluperfect
| I | had whistled |
| you | had whistled |
| he;she;it | had whistled |
| we | had whistled |
| you | had whistled |
| they | had whistled |
Future
| I | will whistle |
| you | will whistle |
| he;she;it | will whistle |
| we | will whistle |
| you | will whistle |
| they | will whistle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whistled |
| you | will have whistled |
| he;she;it | will have whistled |
| we | will have whistled |
| you | will have whistled |
| they | will have whistled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whistle |
| you | whistle |
| he;she;it | whistle |
| we | whistle |
| you | whistle |
| they | whistle |
Perfect
| I | have whistled |
| you | have whistled |
| he;she;it | have whistled |
| we | have whistled |
| you | have whistled |
| they | have whistled |
Imperfect
| I | whistled |
| you | whistled |
| he;she;it | whistled |
| we | whistled |
| you | whistled |
| they | whistled |
Pluperfect
| I | had whistled |
| you | had whistled |
| he;she;it | had whistled |
| we | had whistled |
| you | had whistled |
| they | had whistled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whistle |
| you | would whistle |
| he;she;it | would whistle |
| we | would whistle |
| you | would whistle |
| they | would whistle |
Perfect
| I | would have whistled |
| you | would have whistled |
| he;she;it | would have whistled |
| we | would have whistled |
| you | would have whistled |
| they | would have whistled |
Imperative
| you | whistle |
| we | Let's whistle |
| you | whistle |
Verbs conjugated like 'whistle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'whistle'
whittle,
bristle,
epistle,
hustle,
mistle,
twistle,
whiffle,
while,
whimple,
whingle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English whistlen, from Old English hwistlan, hwistlian (“to whistle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwistlōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (“to make a hissing sound”). Cognate with Swedish vissla (“to whistle”), Icelandic hvísla (“to whisper”), Russian свистеть (svistetʹ, “to whistle”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*hwistlōną', Swedish '
vissla', Icelandic '
hvísla', Russian '
свистеть'.
Verbs referencing "whistle"
English
whisper, Swedish
viska, Danish
hviske.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and close at hand to their little children left upon the other; and that what seemed to the uninitiated a serious journey, was, to those who were in the secret, a mere frolic, to be sung about and whistled at ! Light be her heart, and gay her merry eyes, for years!
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] colonnades had no more perspective than a Chinese bridge on a tea-cup, and appeared equally well calculated for use. The razor-like edges of the detached cottages seemed to cut the very wind as it whistled against them, and to send it smarting on its way with a shriller cry than before. Those slightly-built wooden dwellings behind which the sun was setting with a brilliant lustre, could be so looked [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The man whistled to the boy, and offered him part of a stick of candy, which he eagerly grabbed at, and very soon had it in a baby's general depository, to wit, his mouth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ St. Clare, I wish you wouldn't whistle, ” said Marie; “ it makes my head worse. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and, even Eliza, as the night waned, found all her anxieties insufficient to keep her eyes from closing. Phineas seemed, on the whole, the briskest of the company, and beguiled his long drive with whistling certain very unquaker-like songs, as he went on.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] calm, to wonder when the wind would spring up in the favourable quarter, where, it was clearly shown by all the rules and precedents, it ought to have sprung up long ago. The first mate, who whistled for it zealously, was much respected for his perseverance, and was regarded even by the unbelievers as a first-rate sailor. Many gloomy looks would be cast upward through the cabin skylights at the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] on a chair opposite to me; rested an arm on each knee; and, leaning forward very much, took from the ground, by a great effort, the specimen of metropolitan workmanship which I had just pulled off: whistling, pleasantly, as he did so. He turned it over and over; surveyed it with a contempt no language can express; and inquired if I wished him to fix me a boot like that ? I courteously replied, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Topsy was soon a noted character in the establishment. Her talent for every species of drollery, grimace, and mimicry,—for dancing, tumbling, climbing, singing, whistling, imitating every sound that hit her fancy,—seemed inexhaustible. In her play-hours, she invariably had every child in the establishment at her heels, open-mouthed with admiration and wonder,—not [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] hang head downward from the tops; flourish the sheets and spreads all over the apartment; dress the bolster up in Miss Ophelia's night-clothes, and enact various performances with that,—singing and whistling, and making grimaces at herself in the looking-glass; in short, as Miss Ophelia phrased it, “ raising Cain ” generally.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I say, ” said Legree, stamping and whistling to the dogs, “ wake up, some of you, and keep me company ! ” but the dogs only opened one eye at him, sleepily, and closed it again.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)