Definition of shrill

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

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Lituus :: Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.
Whistlingly :: Whistlingly (adv.) In a whistling manner; shrilly.
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance..
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Chirk :: Chirk (v. i.) To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.
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..
Skirl :: Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Shirl :: Shirl (a.) Shrill.
Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..
Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.
Scolder :: Scolder (n.) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
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..
Shrilled :: Shrilled (imp. & p. p.) of Shril.
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice..
Shrill-gorged :: Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
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..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..
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