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Hello all. I wonder what "whistle" means in the following sentences? A cross is whistled into the area to Bony, who very nearly drives it home for a seventh, but his shot goes wide left of the goal. Bitton unleashes a shot from distance and it whistles inches beyond the far post. Bony strikes for goal and is only a few inches away from hitting the target. Thankfully for the Hammers, the ball whistles past the post with Adrian at full stretch.
Posted : 10/12/2015 9:43 pm
Of course, the verb to whistle is often used when describing a referee's actions:
- She whistled for full time
- The referee whistled for a foul
However, if a ball whistles past, into or beyond as in the examples above then it means that the ball has traveled very fast indeed (like a train in fact!) and missed - whistle just wide.
Posted : 05/01/2016 8:42 pm
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