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whistlelike

whistlelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a whistle (shrill high-pitched sound).

Adjective

whistlelike (comparative more whistlelike, superlative most whistlelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (shrill high-pitched sound).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a whistle (musical instrument).

Forms of whistlelike

comparativemore whistlelike
superlativemost whistlelike

Origin of whistlelike

From whistle + -like.

Questions about whistlelike

What does whistlelike mean?
Whistlelike means resembling or characteristic of a whistle (shrill high-pitched sound).
What part of speech is whistlelike?
Whistlelike is an adjective.

Words near whistlelike in the dictionary

  1. Whistlefield
  2. whistlefish
  3. whistlegraph
  4. whistlegraphing
  5. whistleless
  6. whistlelike
  7. whistler
  8. Whistleresque
  9. Whistlerian
  10. Whistlerism
  11. whistlers

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