Whistler
noun
1.
a person or thing that whistles.
2.
something that makes a sound like a whistle:
The windstorm was a 60-mile-an-hour whistler.
3.
any of various birds whose wings whistle in flight, especially the goldeneye.
4.
thickhead (def 2).
5.
a large marmot, Marmota caligata, of mountainous northwestern North America, closely related to the woodchuck.
6.
a horse afflicted with whistling.
7.
Radio. a whistling sound heard on a radio, a type of interference caused by distant lightning.
noun
1.
James (Abbott) McNeill
[muh k-neel] /məkˈnil/ (Show IPA), 1834–1903, U.S. painter and etcher, in France and England after 1855.
noun
1.
a person or thing that whistles
2.
(radio) an atmospheric disturbance picked up by radio receivers, characterized by a whistling sound of decreasing pitch. It is caused by the electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning
3.
any of various birds having a whistling call, such as certain Australian flycatchers and the goldeneye See also thickhead (sense 2)
4.
any of various North American marmots of the genus Marmota, esp M. caligata (hoary marmot)
5.
(vet science) a horse affected with an abnormal respiratory noise, resembling whistling
6.
(informal) a referee
noun
1.
James Abbott McNeill. 1834–1903, US painter and etcher, living in Europe. He is best known for his sequence of nocturnes and his portraits
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