| whisk | (noun) a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes | Synonyms: whisk broom |
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| (noun) a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream | - |
| whisker | (noun) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat | Synonyms: sensory hair, vibrissa |
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| (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, hairsbreadth |
| whiskers | (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: beard, face fungus |
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| whiskey | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whisky |
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| whisky | (noun) a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | Synonyms: whiskey |
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| whisper | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whispering |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whispering |
| whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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| whispering | (noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whisper |
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| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, rustling, whisper |
| whist | (noun) a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six | Synonyms: long whist, short whist |
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| whistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: pennywhistle, tin whistle |
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| (noun) acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound | - |
| (noun) a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it | - |
| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistling |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistling |
| whistleblower | (noun) an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it | Synonyms: whistle-blower, whistle blower |
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| whistler | (noun) Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call | Synonyms: thickhead |
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| (noun) large-headed swift-flying diving duck of Arctic regions | Synonyms: Bucephela clangula, goldeneye |
| (noun) large North American mountain marmot | Synonyms: hoary marmot, Marmota caligata, whistling marmot |
| (noun) someone who makes a loud high sound | - |
| whistling | (noun) the act of whistling a tune | - |
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| (noun) the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle | Synonyms: whistle |
| (noun) the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture | Synonyms: whistle |