different between whistler vs whistled

English

Etymology

From Middle English whisteler, whistlar, whystelare, from Old English hwistlere (“a player on a flute; a piper”), equivalent to whistle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sl?(?)/, (wine–whine merger) /?w?sl?(?)/

Noun

whistler (plural whistlers)

1. Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument.
2. Any of several passerine birds of the genus Pachycephala, of Australasia and the western Pacific.
3. Any bird that whistles or is noted for its whistling vocalisations (applied regionally to various specific species).
4. The goldeneye (certain ducks of genus Bucephala).
5. The whistling marmot (Marmota caligata).
6. The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa).
7. An audio-frequency electromagnetic wave produced by atmospheric disturbances such as lightning.
8. A broken-winded horse.
9. (slang, obsolete) The keeper of a whistling shop, or shebeen.

Synonyms

• (whistling marmot): hoary marmot

Translations

Anagrams

• whirtles

English

Verb

whistled

1. simple past tense and past participle of whistle