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  • noun Alternative spelling of wolf whistle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males

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Examples

  • A woman applied for managerial position within the oil company and one of the committee members asked her how would she feel if workers on oil platform would give her wolf-whistle or something of that nature.

    Freedom? Darwi 2009

  • A woman applied for managerial position within the oil company and one of the committee members asked her how would she feel if workers on oil platform would give her wolf-whistle or something of that nature.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Darwi 2009

  • In the nearest thing we find, in fact, the wolf-whistle of some young blood as a hot babe walks past him and his mates, any fussing is generally suspect, smacking of thinly-veiled sexual intimidation.

    Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (3) Hal Duncan 2008

  • In the nearest thing we find, in fact, the wolf-whistle of some young blood as a hot babe walks past him and his mates, any fussing is generally suspect, smacking of thinly-veiled sexual intimidation.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Hal Duncan 2008

  • I was going to make a wolf-whistle tiger-whistle? comment, too, but I see everyone else has already beaten me to the punch!

    construktshen wirker - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • Dear Girlyman fans: You may not wolf-whistle when Nate introduces "Reva Thereafter".

    June 9th, 2007 2007

  • The other day I'd been joking with graphxgrrl (?) about how I'd heard he was in town filming a movie, and maybe I'd see him wandering the city in leather pants** so I could wolf-whistle and take pictures; but when I actually spotted him walking towards me I almost stopped breathing.

    for a day off, today has been just packed spidersweb 2006

  • Sales and marketing director Richard Goad told Bristol staff in a memo that builders could not wolf-whistle on any of the city's six sites from 9am today.

    Politcal correctness gone mad? aliqot 2008

  • Sales and marketing director Richard Goad told Bristol staff in a memo that builders could not wolf-whistle on any of the city's six sites from 9am today.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Moondreamer 2008

  • He was rewarded for his efforts and proceeded to wolf-whistle and hiss at every girl on the road.

    Trash talk is all hypothetical like, your momma’s so fat she could eat the internet. 2008

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