wolf-whistle

1. 1.

   whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males

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Questions about wolf-whistle

What does wolf-whistle mean?

wolf-whistle means "whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males".

How many syllables are in wolf-whistle?

wolf-whistle has 3 syllables: wolf--whis-tle. The stress falls on "wolf-".

Is wolf-whistle a common word?

wolf-whistle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.