Usually means: Covert language targeting specific audience.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word dog whistle:

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  1. dog-whistle, dog whistle: Merriam-Webster
  2. dog whistle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dog-whistle, dog-whistle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dog-whistle: Wordnik
  5. dog whistle: Wiktionary
  6. Dog whistle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. dog whistle: Netlingo
  2. Dog whistle: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (dog whistle)

noun:  A high-pitched whistle, generally inaudible to humans, used to train dogs.
noun:  (figurative) That which is understood only by a narrow demographic.
noun:  (politics, sometimes derogatory) A political allusion or comment that only a certain audience is intended to note and recognize the significance of; particularly in relation to controversial or extreme viewpoints.

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