Antonyms for wet whistle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hwis-uh l, wis-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs-

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Definition of wet whistle

Origin :

• "tubular musical instrument," Old English hwistle (see whistle (v.)). To wet one's whistle "take a drink" (late 14c.) originally may have referred to pipes, or be an allusion to the throat as a sort of pipe. Phrase clean as a whistle is recorded from 1878. Railroad whistle stop (at which trains stop only if the engineer hears a signal from the station) is recorded from 1934.

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Synonyms for wet whistle