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

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

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

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..

Chirk :: Chirk (v. i.) To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.

Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.

Piping :: Piping (v.) Emitting a high, shrill sound..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

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

Clarion :: Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill..

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..

Shriek :: Shriek (v. i.) To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish..

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound..

Yelp :: Yelp (v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup..

Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..

Shrilly :: Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.

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

Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To make a shrill sound with a wind or steam instrument, somewhat like that made with the lips; to blow a sharp, shrill tone..

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