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whistled Dixie

whistled Dixie is the simple past and past participle of whistle Dixie.

Meaning of whistle Dixie

Verb

whistle Dixie (third-person singular simple present whistles Dixie, present participle whistling Dixie, simple past and past participle whistled Dixie)

  1. (Southern US, idiomatic) To engage in idle conversational fantasies.
    • He said he was going to open a business next year, but I think he was just whistling Dixie.

Questions about whistled Dixie

What is whistled Dixie the simple past and past participle of?
Whistled Dixie is the simple past and past participle of whistle Dixie.

Words near whistled Dixie in the dictionary

  1. whistleblowing
  2. whistleblowings
  3. whistleblown
  4. whistleblows
  5. whistled
  6. whistled Dixie
  7. whistled down the wind
  8. whistled for
  9. whistled in the dark
  10. whistled in the wind
  11. whistled past

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