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  1. n. A high-pitched whistle, inaudible to humans, used to train dogs.
  2. n. An allusion or comment made by a politician with the intent that only a certain demographic note it and recognize its significance.

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  • kewpid see dog-whistle. Nov 3, 2008

  • john “The potential double meaning rekindled speculation among Mr. Bush's critics that he communicates with his conservative Christian base with a dog-whistle of code words and symbols, deliberately incomprehensible to secular liberals.�?

    The New York Times, Speaking in the Tongue of Evangelicals, by David D. Kirkpatrick, October 17, 2004
    Nov 3, 2008

‘dog whistle’ has been looked up 335 times, added to 2 lists, commented on 2 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.