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Shrill
SHRILL, a. [L. grillus.]
1. Sharp; acute; piercing; as sound; as a shrill voice; shrill echoes.
2. Uttering an acute sound; as the cock's shrill sounding throat; a shrill trumpet.
[NOTE. A shrill may be tremulous of trilling; but this circumstance is not essential it, although it seems to be of the root of trill.]
SHRILL, v.i. To utter an acute piercing sound.
Break we out pipes that shrill'd as loud as lark. Spenser.
SHRILL, v.t. To cause to make a shrill sound.
shrill appears in definitions for these words:
Argute Clang Clangor Clangous Clank Clarion Clary Descend Ear-piercing Flat Flatness Jargle Jingle Lure Obtuse Peep Pipe Screak Scream Screaming Screech Screeching Sharp Sharpen Shriek Shrieking Shrill Sing Singing Sordet Sordine Sound Squeak Squeaker Squeal Squealing Tink Whistle Whistling Windy
Argute Clang Clangor Clangous Clank Clarion Clary Descend Ear-piercing Flat Flatness Jargle Jingle Lure Obtuse Peep Pipe Screak Scream Screaming Screech Screeching Sharp Sharpen Shriek Shrieking Shrill Sing Singing Sordet Sordine Sound Squeak Squeaker Squeal Squealing Tink Whistle Whistling Windy
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