chime whistle

noun

A steam whistle with at least two simultaneous tones.

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Meanings

nounchime whistle (plural chime whistles)

plural chime whistles

  1. especiallyrail transportA steam whistle with at least two simultaneous tones.

    With a toot on her chime whistle, No. 6 set her 3 ft. 9 in. drivers [driving wheels] turning and we were off round the curve through Pennyburn works.

    1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 353
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MLA

“chime whistle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chime%20whistle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chime whistle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chime%20whistle.

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