whistle

  • 111whistle-stop tour — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms whistle stop tour : singular whistle stop tour plural whistle stop tours an occasion when you visit a lot of places in a short period of time …

    English dictionary

  • 112whistle-blower — noun Date: 1970 one who reveals something covert or who informs against another < pledges to protect whistle blowers who fear reprisals Wall Street Journal > • whistle blowing noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 113Whistle (film) — Infobox Film name = Whistle caption = director = writer = starring = Vikramaditya Sherin Vivek Gayathri Raghuram producer = music = editor = released = 2002 runtime = language = Tamil country = India budget = imdb id = Whistle is a 2002 South&#8230; …

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  • 114Whistle Blower — An employee who has inside knowledge of illegal activities occurring within his or her organization and reports these to the public. Although whistle blowers are protected under federal law from employer retaliation, there have been cases where&#8230; …

    Investment dictionary

  • 115whistle-stop — ADJ: ADJ n If someone, especially a politician, goes on a whistle stop tour, they visit a lot of different places in a short time. Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublin on a whistle stop tour of EU&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 116whistle-blower —    If you report an illegal or socially harmful activity to the authorities, and give information about those responsible for it, you are a whistle blower.     The poor working conditions were reported by a whistle blower …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 117whistle-blower — noun (C) someone who tells people in authority or the public about dishonest or illegal practices in business, government etc see also: blow the whistle on blow 1 (22) whistle blowing noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 118whistle blower — An employee who refuses to engage in and/or reports illegal or wrongful activities of his employer or fellow employees. Russ v. Pension Consultants Co., 182 Ill.App.3d 769, 131 Ill.Dec. 318, 538 N.E.2d 693. Employer retaliation against whistle&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 119whistle-blower — An employee who refuses to engage in and/or reports illegal or wrongful activities of his employer or fellow employees. Russ v. Pension Consultants Co., 182 Ill.App.3d 769, 131 Ill.Dec. 318, 538 N.E.2d 693. Employer retaliation against whistle&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 120whistle-blower — n. someone who calls a halt to something; an informer; an enforcer; a stool (pigeon). □ I don’t know who the whistle blower was, but a good ime was really ruined. □ Some whistle blower put Pete behind bars for a few days …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions