whistled

verb

past tense of whistle
as in hissed

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Recent Examples of whistled That prospect flared up for Seoane as the home fans whistled and booed at the final whistle, and became reality on Monday when the club’s board acted. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistled
  1. hissed
  2. wheezed
  3. whooshed
  4. swooshed
Verb
  • Wynn said the alligator started to get agitated and even opened its mouth and hissed at her.
    — Steven Yablonski, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • The sky lay pure and blue and a cool dry wind hissed down upon them from the plains.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Definition of hissed
Verb
  • Their offense has sputtered and wheezed, even as their defense has done its part to keep them in games.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The defense struggled a bit in the first half with the reserves on the field even after producing a second-quarter interception, and the offense also gasped and wheezed with the reserves on the field.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of wheezed
Verb
  • That would also be zero … Until my plane whooshed off the runway on the first day of my vacation.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And Prune and Chocolate Rugelach, which whooshed me back to baking lessons with my grandma, who rolled rugelach in the same crescent fashion.
    — The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026
Definition of whooshed
Verb
  • But it can easily be lifted away, swooshed through the air, and opened up to be interacted with.
    — Kim Snaith, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • As Ger stood by, the panels swooshed open and a kid with a skateboard walked in.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2025
Definition of swooshed

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“Whistled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whistled. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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