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peanut whistle

peanut whistle noun: a low-powered transmitter or receiver.

Noun

peanut whistle (plural peanut whistles)

  1. (slang, CB radio) A low-powered transmitter or receiver.
    • Tom has a supersensitive single-signal receiver with tuned antenna, but a peanut-whistle transmitter.1937, Radio, numbers 215-224, page 113

Forms of peanut whistle

pluralpeanut whistles

Questions about peanut whistle

What does peanut whistle mean?
Peanut whistle means a low-powered transmitter or receiver.
What part of speech is peanut whistle?
Peanut whistle is a noun.
What is the plural of peanut whistle?
The plural of peanut whistle is peanut whistles.

Words near peanut whistle in the dictionary

  1. peanut table
  2. peanut tree
  3. peanut trees
  4. peanut tube
  5. peanut tubes
  6. peanut whistle
  7. peanut whistles
  8. peanut worm
  9. peanut worms
  10. peanut-butter cup
  11. peanut-butter cups

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