slide whistle
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A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in…A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound effect to accompany pratfalls in slapstick.
» You can measure a clown's erection by the sounds of his slide whistle.
Meaning
1 sensesA wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound effect to accompany pratfalls in slapstick.
Examples
1 sentencesYou can measure a clown's erection by the sounds of his slide whistle.
Forms
plural: slide whistles| Singular | slide whistle |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsswanee whistlejazz flutepiston flute