whistle
61whistle-blower — whistle blowers also whistleblower N COUNT A whistle blower is someone who finds out that the organization they are working for is doing something immoral or illegal and tells the authorities or the public about it. [JOURNALISM] He has been a… …
62whistle in the dark — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully with one hand, but we knew that he was just whistling in the dark./ (From the fact that people sometimes whistle when walking in a dark, scary… …
63whistle in the dark — {v. phr.}, {informal} To try to stay brave and forget your fear. * /Tom said he could fight the bully with one hand, but we knew that he was just whistling in the dark./ (From the fact that people sometimes whistle when walking in a dark, scary… …
64Whistle (band) — Whistle was a 1980s rap group, consisting of Jazzy Jazz, Kool Doobie, Kraze and DJ Silver Spinner. They were formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1985, as a rap trio with Garvin Dublin, Brian Faust and Rickford Bennett. By late 1988 Kraze (Kerry… …
65whistle-blower — whistle blowing, n. /hwis euhl bloh euhr, wis /, n. a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing. Also, whistle blower. [1965 70] * * * …
66whistle-blower — UK US (also whistleblower) noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization: »Within many organisations a whistleblower is… …
67whistle-blowing — whistle blower UK US (also whistleblower) noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization: »Within many organisations a… …
68whistle-blower — whistle .blower n someone who tells people in authority or the public about dishonest or illegal practices at the place where they work >whistle blowing n [U] …
69whistle down the wind — If you whistle down the wind, you abandon, send away or leave something or someone …
70whistle for it — If someone says that you can whistle for something, they are determined to ensure that you don t get it …
