Whistler

Whistler may refer to:

  • Someone who whistles
  • Whistler Group, a brand name of mobile electronic equipment
  • Whistler (radio), a very low frequency radio phenomenon
  • The Whistler, a classic mystery drama radio show and film noir series
  • The Whistler (1944), the first of eight films in "The Whistler" series
  • Whistler (TV series), a TV series set in Whistler, British Columbia
  • a Whistler (bird), a group of passerine birds in the family Pachycephalidae
  • Goldeneye (bird), a Northern Hemisphere seaduck in the genus Bucephala
  • Hoary marmot, an American species of marmot
  • the development codename for the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system, named for the resort where it was workshopped (see below)
  • The Whistler, a 1977 single by the British rock group Jethro Tull
  • Whistler (band), a UK indie band
  • The Whistler, Fourplay's instrumental song in its 2008 album Energy
  • USS Whistler (SP-784), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919

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Famous quotes containing the word whistler:

    “You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe.”
    —James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)

    “Ruskin’s counsel: The labour of two days ... is that for which you ask two hundred guineas?
    Whistler: No: I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.”
    —James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)

    “To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.”
    —James Mcneill Whistler (1834–1903)