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 Übersetzung für 'whistles' von Englisch nach Deutsch
NOUN   a whistle | whistles
VERB   to whistle | whistled | whistled
whistling | whistles
sb. whistlesjd. pfeift
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tech.
bells and whistles {pl} [fig.]
Schnickschnack {m}
chorus of whistlesPfeifkonzert {n}
idiom
with all the bells and whistles [coll.]
mit allen Schikanen [ugs.]
with all the bells and whistles [fig.]mit allem Drum und Dran
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The vocalizations are described as powerful short whistles.
  • Calls range from soft wheezy whistles to harsh tremulous rattles.
  • The black-breasted puffbird's song is "10–30 loud 'kwee' whistles followed by 3 or so lower, slower 'whew' whistles ending with a few fading 'wheet-whew' wolf-whistles".
  • Clay whistles were found in Jaina from burial sites.
  • Whistles were used by police in the 19th century. Steam whistles have been used on locomotives, ships, and in factories as alarm devices.

  • Whistles were pioneered in the Jewellery Quarter, especially by Joseph Hudson who produced the first football referee whistle in 1878 and invented the police whistle in 1883.
  • Whistles have been around since early humans first carved out a gourd or branch and found they could make sound with it.
  • A calliope (see below for pronunciation) is an American and Canadian musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles.
  • Signature whistles are difficult to identify because bottlenose dolphins emit non-signature whistles as well.
  • The Hancock air whistles were all designed so that the bell of the whistle is horizontal when mounted on a standard horn mount.

  • Skilled craftsmen make fine custom whistles from a range of materials including not only aluminium, brass, and steel tubing but synthetic materials and tropical hardwoods; despite this, more than a few longtime professionals stick with ordinary factory made whistles.
  • They have made over a billion whistles altogether. [...] In addition to the "Thunderer", they make varieties of bird calls, dog calls, safety whistles, sports whistles, orchestral whistles and party whoopers.
  • Dixon models were intended mostly for outdoor sporting goods, such as hunting related dog calls, shooting gadgets combination whistles, extractors of various kinds and round whistles (in multiple sizes of over 50 different models), Beaufort whistles & double chamber type .
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