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1 whistle
['wisl] 1. verb1) (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.) svilpt; svilpot2) (to make such a sound with a device designed for this: The electric kettle's whistling; The referee whistled for half-time.) svilpt3) (to make a shrill sound in passing through the air: The bullet whistled past his head.) []svilpt4) ((of the wind) to blow with a shrill sound.) svilpot2. noun1) (the sound made by whistling: He gave a loud whistle to his friend across the road.) svilpiens2) (a musical pipe designed to make a whistling noise.) svilpe3) (an instrument used by policemen, referees etc to make a whistling noise: The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.) svilpe* * *svilpiens; svilpe; rīkle; svilpt; svilpot -
2 whistle-blower
ziņu piegādātājs, ziņotājs -
3 whistle-stop
maza dzelzceļa stacija; pirmsvēlēšanu aģitācijas brauciens; doties pirmsvēlēšanu aģitācijas braucienā -
4 wolf-whistle
noun (a whistle impolitely made by a man to express his admiration of a woman's appearance.) svilpiens (ieraugot glītu sievieti)* * *sajūsmas svilpiens -
5 at somebody's whistle
pēc pirmā aicinājuma; pēc pirmā uzaicinājuma -
6 clean as a whistle
tīrs kā izslaucīts -
7 slick as a whistle
veikli un aši -
8 to be worth the whistle
pelnīt ievērību -
9 to pay for one's whistle
dārgi samaksāt par savām iegribām -
10 to wet one's whistle
iemest; iedzert; apslapināt rīkli -
11 to whistle away
atmest; neņemt vērā -
12 to whistle down the wind
pamest; atstāt -
13 to whistle for
veltīgi ilgoties -
14 to whistle up
ātri sagatavot -
15 catcall
noun (a shrill whistle showing disagreement or disapproval: the catcalls of the audience.) svilpiens* * *izsvilpšana; izsvilpt -
16 wolf
[wulf] 1. plural - wolves; noun(a type of wild animal of the dog family, usually found hunting in packs.) vilks2. verb(to eat greedily: He wolfed (down) his breakfast and hurried out.) []rīt- wolf-cub- wolf-whistle
- keep the wolf from the door* * *vilks; meitu mednieks; kāri rīt
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whistle at — ˈwhistle at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they whistle at he/she/it whistles at present participle whistling at past tense whistled at … Useful english dictionary
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whistle — [v] make sharp, shrill sound blare, blast, fife, flute, hiss, pipe, shriek, signal, skirl, sound, toot, tootle, trill, warble, wheeze, whine, whiz*; concepts 65,77 … New thesaurus