whistle

whistle
whistle [{{t}}'wɪsəl]
1 intransitive verb
(a) (person → using lips) siffler; (→ using whistle) donner un coup de sifflet, siffler;
he walked in whistling happily il est entré en sifflant joyeusement;
to whistle to sb siffler qn;
I whistled to my dog j'ai sifflé mon chien;
the porter whistled for a taxi le portier a sifflé un taxi;
he whistles at all the girls il siffle toutes les filles;
the audience booed and whistled le public a hué et sifflé;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} you can whistle for it! tu peux toujours courir ou te brosser!;
{{}}British{{}} let him whistle for his lunch! il peut toujours l'attendre, son repas!;
{{}}figurative{{}} to whistle in the dark essayer de se donner du courage
(b) (bird, kettle, train) siffler;
bullets whistled past him des balles passaient près de lui en sifflant;
the wind whistled through the trees le vent gémissait dans les arbres
2 transitive verb
(tune) siffler, siffloter;
the coach whistled them off the field l'entraîneur a sifflé pour qu'ils quittent le terrain;
the players were whistled off the field by the crowd les joueurs ont quitté le terrain sous les sifflements de la foule
3 noun
(a) (whistling → through lips) sifflement m; (→ from whistle) coup m de sifflet;
the cheers and whistles of the crowd les acclamations et les sifflements de la foule;
if you need me, just give a whistle tu n'as qu'à siffler si tu as besoin de moi
(b) (of bird, kettle, train) sifflement m
(c) (instrument → of person, on train) sifflet m;
to blow a whistle donner un coup de sifflet;
the whistle blew for the end of the shift le sifflet a signalé la fin du service;
the referee blew his whistle for half-time l'arbitre a sifflé la mi-temps;
to be as clean as a whistle briller comme un sou neuf;
{{}}figurative{{}} it's got all the bells and whistles il a tous les accessoires possibles et imaginables
(d) {{}}Music{{}}
(penny or tin) whistle flûtiau m, pipeau m
(e) {{}}South of England{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (rhyming slang whistle and flute = suit) costard m
whistle up separable transitive verb {{}}British{{}}
(a) (by whistling) siffler;
I'll whistle up a cab je vais siffler un taxi
(b) (find) dénicher, dégoter;
I managed to whistle up a van for the move j'ai réussi à dégoter un camion pour le déménagement;
I can't whistle up a sofa just like that! je ne peux pas faire apparaître un canapé comme par enchantement!

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