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whistling Dixie

whistling Dixie is the present participle and gerund 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 whistling Dixie

What is whistling Dixie the present participle and gerund of?
Whistling Dixie is the present participle and gerund of whistle Dixie.

Words near whistling Dixie in the dictionary

  1. whistling arrow
  2. whistling arrows
  3. whistling buoy
  4. whistling buoys
  5. Whistling Cay
  6. whistling Dixie
  7. whistling down the wind
  8. whistling duck
  9. whistling ducks
  10. whistling face syndrome
  11. whistling for

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