Noun: pennywhistle 'pe-nee,wi-sul
- An inexpensive fipple flute
"The street musician played a lively tune on his pennywhistle";
- tin whistle, whistle
- [S.Africa] (music) a style of South African jazz featuring the pennywhistle
"The township's pennywhistle music became popular in the 1950s"
Derived forms: pennywhistles
Type of: fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute
Encyclopedia: Pennywhistle