Boo vs Whistle - What's the difference?
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A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
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To shout extended boos derisively.
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To derisively shout extended boos at.
A device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.
An act of whistling.
A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling.
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Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
(Cockney rhyming slang) A suit (from whistle and flute ).
* 2005 , Wally Payne, A Minority of One: A Monkey's Tale Continued
The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling.
* Walton
(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.
To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
* Addison
In intransitive terms the difference between boo and whistle
is that boo is to shout extended boos derisively while whistle is to move in such a way as to create a whistling sound.In transitive terms the difference between boo and whistle
is that boo is to derisively shout extended boos at while whistle is to send, signal, or call by a whistle.As an interjection boo
is a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.boo
English
Etymology 1
Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin .Interjection
(en interjection)Noun
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Verb
(en verb)- When he took the podium, the crowd booed .
- Nobody booed and nobody clapped
- The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.
Etymology 2
From beau.Anagrams
* * ----whistle
English
(wikipedia whistle)Noun
(en noun)- the whistle of the wind in the trees
- We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church.
- Let's drink the other cup to wet our whistles .
Derived terms
* bells and whistles * * it's not the whistle that pulls the train * wet one's whistle * whistle-blower * whistle pig * whistle-stop * whistle walkVerb
(whistl)- Never whistle at a funeral.
- She was whistling a happy tune.
- A bullet whistled past.
- He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.