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postwhistle en · ADJ

Etymology

From post- + whistle.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) After the whistle is blown in a sports match.
    • While the Redskins were trying to prove, at this point, that they belonged on the same field as the Bears, and while they did so with a constant sequence of postwhistle pushing and shoving matches, the Bears were quite simply blowing them off the football. 1988 November 18, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader: