English Explanatory Dictionary

whistle down the wind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To set (someone) free, allowing them to go their own way and do what they choose.
  2. To badmouth someone or something; to disparage.
  3. To talk to no purpose.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whistle down the wind.wav

Word forms

whistle down the wind whistles down the wind whistling down the wind whistled down the wind

Related words

whistle in the dark whistle in the wind whistle past the graveyard whistle Dixie
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