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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..

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

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

Shrill :: Shrill (n.) A shrill sound.

Screechy :: Screechy (a.) Like a screech; shrill and harsh.

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 It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

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

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

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

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

Coyote :: Coyote (n.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl..

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..

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

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