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To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, usually
Examples
- In some jurisdictions, it is illegal to fire a person for blowing the whistle on an employer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: team sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
When used idiomatically, probably an allusion to a police officer blowing his or her whistle on observing a violation of the law.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
揭發 /揭发
(jiēfā)
— disclose information to the public
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Chinese Mandarin:
舉報 /举报
(jǔbào)
— disclose information to the public
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Chinese Mandarin:
告發 /告发
(gàofā)
— disclose information to the public
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Chinese Mandarin:
檢舉 /检举
(jiǎnjǔ)
— disclose information to the public
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Finnish:
ilmiantaa
— disclose information to the public
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Finnish:
antaa ilmi
— disclose information to the public
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French:
dénoncer
— disclose information to the public
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French:
dévoiler
— disclose information to the public
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French:
mettre à nu
— disclose information to the public
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French:
mettre au jour
— disclose information to the public
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German:
verpfeifen
— disclose information to the public
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German:
ausposaunen
— disclose information to the public
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Māori:
whāwhāki
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
demaskować
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
zdemaskować
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
nagłaśniać
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
nagłośnić
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
ujawniać
— disclose information to the public
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Polish:
ujawnić
— disclose information to the public
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Portuguese:
botar a boca no trombone
— disclose information to the public
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Spanish:
chivarse
— disclose information to the public
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Spanish:
dar el soplo
— disclose information to the public
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Spanish:
propalar
— disclose information to the public
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Spanish:
pregonar
— disclose information to the public
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Spanish:
delatar
— disclose information to the public
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Chinese Mandarin:
吹哨
(chuīshào)
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Finnish:
viheltää
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Finnish:
puhaltaa pilliin
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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French:
siffler
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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German:
pfeifen
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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German:
abpfeifen
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Polish:
gwizdać
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Polish:
gwizdnąć
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Portuguese:
apitar
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
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Spanish:
pitar
— make a sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game
