how to pronounce whistles

/ˈwɪsəlz/

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whistles is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of whistles in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and whistles at all it's really about …”

meanings of whistles

noun:

Plural of whistle.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whistle.

whistles frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word whistles occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.