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Shriek :: Shriek (v. t.) To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

Stridulate :: Stridulate (v. t.) To make a shrill, creaking noise.

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Yelper :: Yelper (n.) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry..

Whistlingly :: Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.

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..

Strife :: Stridulous (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound..

Stridulation :: Stridulate (v. t.) to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects..

Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..

Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

Katydid :: Katydid (n.) A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name..

Piping :: Piping (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc..

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..

Fife :: Fife (n.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music..

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

Squealer :: Squeal (n.) A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry..

Squeaker :: Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed..

Stridulation :: Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts..

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