a whistle

  • 111whistle blower — An employee who refuses to engage in and/or reports illegal or wrongful activities of his employer or fellow employees. Russ v. Pension Consultants Co., 182 Ill.App.3d 769, 131 Ill.Dec. 318, 538 N.E.2d 693. Employer retaliation against whistle… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 112whistle-blower — An employee who refuses to engage in and/or reports illegal or wrongful activities of his employer or fellow employees. Russ v. Pension Consultants Co., 182 Ill.App.3d 769, 131 Ill.Dec. 318, 538 N.E.2d 693. Employer retaliation against whistle… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 113whistle-blower — n. someone who calls a halt to something; an informer; an enforcer; a stool (pigeon). □ I don’t know who the whistle blower was, but a good ime was really ruined. □ Some whistle blower put Pete behind bars for a few days …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 114whistle — [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’. Cf.⇒ WHISPER …

    Word origins

  • 115whistle-drunk — whisˈtle drunk or whisˈtled drunk adjective (obsolete) Too drunk to whistle • • • Main Entry: ↑whistle …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 116whistle for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get (something) but fail; look for (something) that will not come. * /Mary didn t even thank us for helping her, so the next time she needs help she can whistle for it./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 117whistle-stop — {n.} A small town where the trains only stop on a special signal. * /President Truman made excellent use of the whistle stop during his 1948 campaign for the presidency./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 118whistle for — {v.}, {informal} To try to get (something) but fail; look for (something) that will not come. * /Mary didn t even thank us for helping her, so the next time she needs help she can whistle for it./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 119whistle-stop — {n.} A small town where the trains only stop on a special signal. * /President Truman made excellent use of the whistle stop during his 1948 campaign for the presidency./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 120whistle Dixie — Dixie Dix ie (d[i^]ks [y^]), prop. n. 1. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.] Syn: Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South. Syn: . [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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