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slide whistles

slide whistles is the plural of slide whistle.

Meaning of slide whistle

Noun

slide whistle (plural slide whistles)

  1. A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound effect to accompany pratfalls in slapstick.
    Synonyms:
    jazz flute, piston flute, swanee whistle

Questions about slide whistles

What is slide whistles the plural of?
Slide whistles is the plural of slide whistle.

Words near slide whistles in the dictionary

  1. slide trumpet
  2. slide trumpets
  3. slide valve
  4. slide valves
  5. slide whistle
  6. slide whistles
  7. slide-butt
  8. slide-butts
  9. slide-show
  10. slide-shows
  11. slide-tackle

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