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whistles Dixie

whistles Dixie is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 whistles Dixie

What is whistles Dixie the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whistles Dixie is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whistle Dixie.

Words near whistles Dixie in the dictionary

  1. Whistleresque
  2. Whistlerian
  3. Whistlerism
  4. whistlers
  5. whistles
  6. whistles Dixie
  7. whistles down the wind
  8. whistles for
  9. whistles in the dark
  10. whistles in the wind
  11. whistles past

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