a whistle

  • 101whistle — See: BLOW THE WHISTLE ON, WET ONE S WHISTLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 102whistle — See: BLOW THE WHISTLE ON, WET ONE S WHISTLE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 103whistle-blower — noun Date: 1970 one who reveals something covert or who informs against another < pledges to protect whistle blowers who fear reprisals Wall Street Journal > • whistle blowing noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 104Whistle (film) — Infobox Film name = Whistle caption = director = writer = starring = Vikramaditya Sherin Vivek Gayathri Raghuram producer = music = editor = released = 2002 runtime = language = Tamil country = India budget = imdb id = Whistle is a 2002 South&#8230; …

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  • 105Whistle Blower — An employee who has inside knowledge of illegal activities occurring within his or her organization and reports these to the public. Although whistle blowers are protected under federal law from employer retaliation, there have been cases where&#8230; …

    Investment dictionary

  • 106whistle — [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis , which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. =&GT; WHISPER …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 107whistle — See: blow the whistle on, wet one s whistle …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 108whistle-stop — ADJ: ADJ n If someone, especially a politician, goes on a whistle stop tour, they visit a lot of different places in a short time. Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle stop tour of EU&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 109whistle-blower —    If you report an illegal or socially harmful activity to the authorities, and give information about those responsible for it, you are a whistle blower.     The poor working conditions were reported by a whistle blower …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 110whistle-blower — noun (C) someone who tells people in authority or the public about dishonest or illegal practices in business, government etc see also: blow the whistle on blow 1 (22) whistle blowing noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English