Whistler

Definitions: Whistler

Whistler

Noun

1. United States painter (1834-1903).

2. Makes a loud high sound.

3. Large North American mountain marmot.

4. Large-headed swift-flying diving duck of arctic regions.

5. Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call.

Date "Whistler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Whistler

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	A radiofrequency electromagnetic signal generated by some lightning discharges.This signal apparently propagates along a geomagnetic line of force and often bounces several times between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Its name derives from the sound heard on radio receivers. (references)
Electrical Engineering	An effect caused when an electric disturbance produced by a lightning discharge travels out along lines of magnetic force of the earth's field and is reflected back to its origin from a magnetically conjugate point on the earth's surface. Source: European Union. (references)
Geography	Atmospheric heard in receivers as a whistle. It is attributed to propagation along the lines of force of the Earth's magnetic field from very distant lightnings. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	See:squealer. (references)
Physics	A plasma wave which propagates parallel to the magnetic field produced by currents outside the plasma, at a frequency less than that of the electron cyclotron frequency, and which is circularly polarized, rotating about the magnetic field in the same sense as the electron gyromotion. The whistler is also known as the electron cyclotron wave. The whistler was discovered accidentally during World War I by large ground-loop antennas intended for spying on enemy telephone signals. Ionospheric whistlers are produced by distant lightning, and get their name because of a characteristic descending audio-frequency tone, which is a result of the dispersion relation for the wave: lower frequencies travel somewhat slower, and therefore arrive at the detector later. (references)
Slang	Made-up. Source: The group was once at Saturday Market in Portland, OR a man approached them saying he had his own language entirely made up of whistling and wanted to teach it to them. Definition: You're as crazy as the whistling man at Saturday Market. Context: Insult only the group calls each other and understands. Social Source: The Stormin' Mormon's. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Whistler

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Whistler can refer to the following:

Windows XP, codename Whistler
James McNeill Whistler, (1834-1903) was an American painter
Whistler, British Columbia is the municipality of the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine events
Whistler-Blackcomb Resort is the actual site of the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine events

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Whistler."

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Synonyms: Whistler

Synonyms: goldeneye (n), hoary marmot (n), thickhead (n), whistling marmot (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Whistler

English words defined with "Whistler": Golden-eye, Gossat ♦ James Abbott McNeill Whistler ♦ Whistlefish. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Whistler": Plasma Wave. (references)

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Modern Usage: Whistler

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	A lady once asked famous painter and momma's boy James Whistler if he thought genius was hereditary. (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Well, as a matter a factI booked a cabin up at Whistler this weekendand how about that? (Trapped; writing credit: Greg Iles)
Movie/TV Titles	The Whistler (1954) Voice of the Whistler (1945) The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
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Commercial Usage: Whistler

Domain	Title
Books	A Whistler in the Nightworld: Short Fiction from the Latin Americas (reference) Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice (reference) West Point: Whistler in Cadet Gray and Other Stories About the United States Military Academy (reference) Whistler in the Dark (American Girl History Mysteries, 16) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Whistler Question (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Whistler (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Whistler DE1760C Radar Detector (reference) Whistler PP200AC Power Inverter (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Whistler

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Photo Album: Whistler

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Sketch of John Ross Key by James McNeill Whistler Sketched in the Coast Survey office in 1854 Key was a nephew of Francis Scott Key He was a draughtsman in the office at the time of the drawing.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		The Coast Survey Plate by James McNeill Whistler This plate was a practice copper plate engraving by Whistler.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Sketches executed by Cadet J.A.McN. Whistler, U.S.M.A., The U.S. Corps of Cadets, during cadet encampment, 1852.Credit: Library of Congress.		Willie Whistler and "camarades" on their way to the chapel after putting on their canonicals Cadet Whistler and other members of the 21st look on.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Two monks entering a church] / J. Whistler.Credit: Library of Congress.		Bust of James Abbott McNeill Whistler by Quinn.Credit: Library of Congress.
	A United States two cents postage stamp with head-and-shoulders portrait of James A. McNeill Whistler.Credit: Library of Congress.		James A. McNeill Whistler, head-and-shoulders portrait.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Whistler.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Whistler

Author	Quotation
James Mcneill Whistler	If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.
	People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.
	Art happens -- no hovel is safe from it, no Prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Whistler

"Whistler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 51.02% of the time. "Whistler" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	51.02%	25	69,787
Noun (proper)	48.98%	24	71,196
Total	100.00%	49	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Whistler

The following table summarizes the usage of "Whistler" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Whistler	Last name	1,000	17,490
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Whistler

Expression using "Whistler": James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Whistler

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
whistler	1,287	rental whistler	56
whistler canada	693	whistler ski	55
whistler accommodation	433	whistler ski resort	51
whistler bc	330	whistler vacation	51
whistler hotel	291	fairmont chateau whistler	47
whistler radar detector	239	map of whistler	45
whistler blackcomb	228	westin whistler	43
whistler british columbia	139	whistler village	41
whistler b.c	134	whistler bed and breakfast	38
whistler resort	116	delta whistler	36
james whistler	116	delta whistler village suite	35
whistler condo	115	whistler skiing	33
chateau whistler	106	weather whistler	30
whistler real estate	98	window and whistler	29
whistler lodging	93	whistler vacation rental	29
whistler radar	84	whistler bc accommodation	27
delta whistler resort	84	whistler tourism	27
golf whistler	70	question whistler	26
whistler mountain	61	whistler condo rental	24
whistler mother	57	pan pacific whistler	24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Whistler

Language		Translations for "Whistler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		kallëzimtar (delator, narrator). (various references)

Arabic		‏الصفار. (various references)

Bulgarian		свирач (fiddler), неработоспособен кон, болен кон. (various references)

Czech		kdo hvízdá. (various references)

Danish		whistler, hyletone, floejtende lynradiostoej. (various references)

Dutch		whistler, gefluit (singing), fluittoon (whistle). (various references)

Farsi		فلوت زن (Piper), سوت زن , سوت (Whistle), سارطوقی . (various references)

Finnish		vihellysaalto, radioviheltäjä. (various references)

French		siffleur (whistling). (various references)

German		Pfeifton (whistle), "whistler". (various references)

Greek		συρριγμός, συριγμός (singing), σφύριγμα (catcall, hiss, hoot, whistle, whistling), σφυριγμός, ετερόδυνη παρενόχληση. (various references)

Hungarian		fütyülõ (whistling). (various references)

Italian		sibilo (fizz, hiss, ping, whistle, whiz, zing, zip), parassita fischiante, fischio (boo, buzzing, catcall, hiss, hoot, singing, whistle, whistled, whiz, whizz, zip). (various references)

Manx		feddagh (swishing). (various references)

Pig Latin		istlerwhay

Portuguese		vento sibilante, silvo (cantation, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hoot, ping, piping, whistle, zip), sibilo (cantation, hiss, ping, piping, sibilant, whistle, whistling), pessoa que assobia, parasita assobiador. (various references)

Romanian		persoanã care fluierã, informator al poliţiei, fluierar (Piper), fluieraş (fifer). (various references)

Russian		доносчик (checker, delator, denunciator, fink, informer, nark, noser, rat, sneak, sneaker, snitch, squeaker, squeal, squealer, tattletale, whistle-blower). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		onaj koji zviždi, američki svirač. (various references)

Spanish		silbidos, silbido (blowing, catcall, hiss, hissing, ping, sing, singing, swish, swoosh, whine, whistle, whistling, whiz, whizz, zing, zip). (various references)

Swedish		visslare. (various references)

Ukranian		таємний інформатор, волинщик (bagpiper). (various references)

Vietnamese		người hay huýt sáo, người hay huýt gió, chim hay hót ngựa thở khò khè. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Whistler

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Whistler": whistlers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Whistler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Whimster, whisle, whiste, whister, wistier, wistle, witler. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Whistler"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Whistler" (pronounced wi"sler or hwi"sler)
3	-s l er	hostler, rustler.
3	-s l er	hostler, rustler.
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Anagrams: Whistler

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-r-s-t-w"
	-1 letter: slither, swither, whistle, withers, writhes.
	-2 letters: hirsel, hirsle, lister, liters, lither, litres, relish, relist, swithe, theirs, thirls, tilers, twiers, twirls, whiles, whilst, whirls, whiter, whites, wisher, wither, withes, wriest, writes, writhe.
	-3 letters: heils, heirs, heist, herls, hilts, hires, islet, istle, ither, lehrs, lewis, liers, liter, lithe, litre, lweis, relit, riels, riles, rites, shiel.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-r-s-t-w"
	+1 letter: erstwhile, whirliest, whistlers, whittlers.
	+3 letters: otherwhiles, withholders.
	+4 letters: nightwalkers, wheelwrights, wherewithals, whiffletrees, whippletrees.
	+5 letters: overwithholds, weightlifters, welterweights, whistleblower.
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