Definition of shrill

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

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Yelp :: Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup..
Shrilling :: Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shril.
Shirl :: Shirl (a.) Shrill.
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..
Clarion :: Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill..
Whoop :: Whoop (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough..
Piping :: Piping (n.) The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc..
Screechy :: Screechy (a.) Like a screech; shrill and harsh.
Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
Shriek :: Shriek (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like..
Chirk :: Chirk (v. i.) To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.
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..
Strife :: Stridulous (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound..
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..
Shrill :: Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Squealer :: Squeal (n.) A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry..
Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice..
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