slide whistle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounslide whistle (plural slide whistles)

plural slide whistles

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: jazz flute, piston flute, swanee whistle

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

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jazz flutepiston fluteswanee whistle
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slide whistle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slide%20whistle

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

Chicago

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

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