slide whistle
English
Noun
slide whistle (plural 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.
Synonyms
- jazz flute
- piston flute
- swanee whistle
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