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whistled up

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

Meaning of whistle up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To gather (especially people or dogs) together, calling them by whistling.
    • He chanced to miss his dog; we stood still till he had whistled him up.1715 March 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Friday, March 5. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob...

Questions about whistled up

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

Words near whistled up in the dictionary

  1. whistled for
  2. whistled in the dark
  3. whistled in the wind
  4. whistled past
  5. whistled past the graveyard
  6. whistled up
  7. Whistlefield
  8. whistlefish
  9. whistlegraph
  10. whistlegraphing
  11. whistleless

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