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clean as a whistle

clean as a whis·tle
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kleen az ey hwis-uh l, wis-]
    • /klin æz eɪ ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kleen az ey hwis-uh l, wis-]
    • /klin æz eɪ ˈʰwɪs əl, ˈwɪs-/

Definitions of clean as a whistle words

  • phrase clean as a whistle If you describe something as clean as a whistle, you mean that it is completely clean. 3
  • phrase clean as a whistle If you describe someone as clean as a whistle, you mean that they are not guilty of having done anything wrong. 3
  • adjective clean as a whistle (simile) Very clean. 0
  • adjective clean as a whistle (simile) Completely innocent; beyond moral reproach. 0
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Parts of speech for Clean as a whistle

noun
adjective
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adverb
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clean as a whistle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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