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Cicada :: Cicada (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada..

Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain..

Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

Shriek :: Shriek (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like..

Stridulate :: Stridor (n.) A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise..

Shirl :: Shirl (a.) Shrill.

Whew :: Whew (v. i.) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover..

Screak :: Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel..

Lituus :: Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..

Acute :: Acute (a.) High, or shrill, in respect to some other sound; -- opposed to grave or low; as, an acute tone or accent..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound..

Catcall :: Catcall (n.) A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise..

Chirk :: Chirk (v. i.) To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.

Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone..

Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Flageolet :: Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

Shrilling :: Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shril.

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