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

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

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

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

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..

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

Scream :: Scream (v. i.) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech..

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

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

Lituus :: Lituus (n.) An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

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

Tingle :: Tingle (v. i.) To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound..

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..

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

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

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.

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

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

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