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fistle

/ˈfɪsəl/

fistle verb: to rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).

Verb

fistle (third-person singular simple present fistles, present participle fistling, simple past and past participle fistled)

  1. To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
    • […] they both plainly heard a fistling within.1828, Mansie Wauch, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, page 200
    • It might be about midnight, when I was awoke by a sort of fistling noise at the head of my couch. It seemed as though something was scratching and stirring about the fern which formed my pillow.1855, William S. Wickenden, Adventures of Frank Ogilby, page 55

Forms of fistle

third-person singular presentfistles
present participlefistling
past participlefistled
pastfistled
alternative formfissle

Questions about fistle

What does fistle mean?
Fistle means to rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
What part of speech is fistle?
Fistle is a verb.
How do you pronounce fistle?
Fistle is pronounced /ˈfɪsəl/.
What is the past tense of fistle?
The past tense of fistle is fistled.

Words near fistle in the dictionary

  1. fistiness
  2. fisting
  3. fistings
  4. fistinut
  5. fistinuts
  6. fistle
  7. fistled
  8. fistles
  9. fistlike
  10. fistling
  11. fistmele

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