Definitions for dog whistle
dog whis·tle

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1. dog whistlenoun

   A high-pitched whistle, inaudible to humans, used to train dogs.

2. dog whistlenoun

   An allusion or comment made by a politician with the intent that only a certain demographic note it and recognize its significance.

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1. Dog whistle

   A dog whistle (also known as silent whistle or Galton's whistle) is a type of whistle that emits sound in the ultrasonic range, which humans cannot hear but some other animals can, including dogs and domestic cats, and is used in their training. It was invented in 1876 by Francis Galton and is mentioned in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development, in which he describes experiments to test the range of frequencies that could be heard by various animals, such as a house cat. The upper limit of the human hearing range is about 20 kilohertz (kHz) for children, declining to 15–17 kHz for middle-age adults. The top end of a dog's hearing range is about 45 kHz, while a cat's is 64 kHz. It is thought that the wild ancestors of cats and dogs evolved this higher hearing range in order to hear high-frequency sounds made by their preferred prey, small rodents. The frequency of most dog whistles is within the range of 23 to 54 kHz, so they are above the range of human hearing, although some are adjustable down into the audible range. To human ears, a dog whistle makes only a quiet hissing sound. The advantage of the dog whistle is that it doesn't produce a loud irritating noise for humans that a normal whistle would produce, so it can be used to train or command animals without disturbing nearby people. Some dog whistles have adjustable sliders for active control of the frequency produced. Trainers may use the whistle simply to gather a dog's attention, or to inflict pain for the purpose of behaviour modification. In addition to lung-powered whistles, there are also electronic dog whistle devices that emit ultrasonic sound via piezoelectric emitters. The electronic variety are sometimes coupled with bark-detection circuits in an effort to curb barking behaviour. This kind of whistle can also be used to determine the hearing range for people and for physics demonstrations requiring ultrasonic sounds.

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1. Dog whistle

   A dog whistle is a type of whistle that emits sound in the ultrasonic range, which people cannot hear but dogs and cats can. It is used in the training of dogs and cats. It was invented in 1876 by Francis Galton. The whistle was mentioned in his book Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development in which he describes experiments to test the range of frequencies that could be heard by various animals, such as a cat. The range of human hearing is typically considered to be between 20 Hz and 20 kHz. The top end of a dog's hearing range is about 45 kHz, while a cat's is 64 kHz. It is thought that the wild ancestors of cats and dogs evolved this higher hearing range in order to hear high frequency sounds made by their preferred prey, small rodents. The frequency of most dog whistles is within the range of 23 to 54 kHz, so they are above the range of human hearing, although some are adjustable down into the human range. To human ears, a dog whistle makes a quiet hissing sound. The advantage of the dog whistle is that it doesn't produce the loud irritating noise that an audible whistle would produce, so it can be used to train or command animals without disturbing nearby people. Some dog whistles have adjustable sliders for active control of the frequency produced. Trainers may use the whistle to simply gather a dog's attention, or to inflict pain for the purpose of behavior modification.

How to pronounce dog whistle?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dog whistle in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dog whistle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dog whistle in a Sentence

1. Michael Bierut:

   I think more than anything else, Hillary Clinton had come up with a reductive message that The People could interpret as The People own personal dog whistle if The People wanted, about what kind of America The People wanted restored and what was insufficient about the current America that needed to be undone.

2. Waleed Shahid:

   Its no longer a dog whistle, its a bullhorn.

3. Kasim Reed:

   Mr. Trump continues to take shots at cities to encourage his base, which is non-city centric, it's just beyond dog whistle politics. It's a way to say, you know, folks in cities are 'they.'.

4. Stacey Abrams:

   The notion of identity politics has been peddled for the last 10 years, and its been used as a dog whistle to say that we shouldnt pay too much attention to the new voices coming into progress.

5. Kenny Xu:

   They said that Youngkin’s campaign was like a dog whistle to White supremacist tendencies by talking about parents ’ rights, what about Black parents ’ rights ? What about Asian parents ’ rights ? Why do they think it's only White people's rights that they're talking about ?

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Whistle
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dog whistle