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

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

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..

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

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

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

Skirl :: Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.

Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.

Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..

Yelp :: Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup..

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

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

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

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

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..

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..

Screech :: Screech (n.) A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream..

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

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