Whistle vs His - What's the difference?
whistle | his |
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
Belonging to him.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , IV.i:
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* 2011 , Xan Rice, The Guardian , 8 Apr 2011:
(obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
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* 1611 , Matthew 5:13, King James Version:
(archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s'' after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in ''-s , to express the possessive case.
That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
As a noun whistle
is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound.As a verb whistle
is 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.As a determiner his is
belonging to him.As a pronoun his is
that which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.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.
Derived terms
* whistle Dixie * whistle in the dark * whistle past the graveyardSee also
* (wikipedia "whistle")his
English
(wikipedia his)Determiner
- With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
- In his first televised address since the siege in Abidjan began this week, Ouattara said he would focus on returning the country to normal to ease the plight of civilians.
- My stomacke could not well reach so farre: it is very much troubled to come to an end of that which it takes for his need.
- Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
- Ahab his mark'' for ''Ahab's mark .
Usage notes
* When followed by a noun, it is sometimes referred to as a possessive adjective , qualifying the following noun. It is, however, the possessive case of the personal pronoun he.See also
(English personal pronouns)Pronoun
- The decision was his to live with.