whish | (verb) move with a whishing sound | - |
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(verb) make a sibilant sound | - |
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 | - |
(verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whip |
(verb) brush or wipe off lightly | Synonyms: whisk off |
(verb) move somewhere quickly | - |
(verb) move quickly and nimbly | - |
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 |
(verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
whiskered | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskery |
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whiskerless | (adjective) having no beard | Synonyms: beardless |
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whiskers | (noun) the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | Synonyms: beard, face fungus |
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whiskery | (adjective) having hair on the cheeks and chin | Synonyms: barbate, bearded, bewhiskered, whiskered |
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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 |
(verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
whispered | (adjective) spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords | - |
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whisperer | (noun) one who speaks in a whisper | - |
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whispering | (adjective) making a low continuous indistinct sound | Synonyms: murmuring, susurrant |
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(noun) speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords | Synonyms: susurration, voicelessness, whisper |
(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 |
(verb) utter or express by whistling | - |
(verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: sing |
(verb) give a signal by whistling | - |
(verb) move with, or as with, a whistling sound | - |
(verb) move, send, or bring as if by whistling | - |
(verb) make whistling sounds | - |
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 | - |
whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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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 |