slide whistle

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slide whistle

noun slide whistles

A wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it, the pitch being varied with a slide, commonly used as a sound effect to accompany pratfalls in slapstick.
Similar: jazz flute, piston flute, swanee whistle

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@misc{slide_whistle_2026,
  title = {slide whistle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slide%20whistle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}