pennywhistle

See also: penny whistle

English

Alternative forms

• penny whistle

Etymology

penny +‎ whistle

Noun

pennywhistle (plural pennywhistles)

1. (music) A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.

Synonyms

• tin whistle

Translations

instrument

• Finnish: tinapilli (fi)
• Russian: свисту́лька (ru) f (svistúlʹka)