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whistleblow

whistleblow is the alternative form of whistle-blow.

Meaning of whistle-blow

Verb

whistle-blow (third-person singular simple present whistle-blows, present participle whistle-blowing, simple past whistle-blew, past participle whistle-blown)

  1. (rare) To blow the whistle (on); to report (as a whistleblower).
    • It was at this point that 46 (77%) of the participants whistleblew (in writing) on the cheating confederate.2002, Kipling D. Williams, Ostracism: The Power of Silence, →ISBN, page 201

Forms of whistleblow

third-person singular presentwhistleblows
present participlewhistleblowing
pastwhistleblew
past participlewhistleblown

Questions about whistleblow

What is whistleblow the alternative form of?
Whistleblow is the alternative form of whistle-blow.

Words near whistleblow in the dictionary

  1. whistle-stops
  2. whistle-to-whistle
  3. whistleable
  4. whistleberries
  5. whistleblew
  6. whistleblow
  7. whistleblower
  8. whistleblowers
  9. whistleblowing
  10. whistleblowings
  11. whistleblown

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