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

Ear-splitting :: Ear-splitting (a.) Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains..

Clary :: Clary (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.

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..

Scream :: Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..

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

Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

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..

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

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

Shrill :: Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

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

Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance..

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 It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

Clarion :: Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill..

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..

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

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

Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe..

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