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

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

Shrill-gorged :: Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound..

Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice..

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

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

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

Cherup :: Cherup (v. i.) To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup..

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

Tink :: Tink (v. i.) To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle..

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

Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..

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

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..

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

Shrillness :: Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.

Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.

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

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

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