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

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

Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..

Squeal :: Squeal (v. i.) To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain..

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

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..

Skirl :: Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or sound.

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..

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

Skirl :: Skirl (v. t.& i.) To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.

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

Stridulation :: Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts..

Flageolet :: Flageolet (n.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder..

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

Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Screak :: Screak (v.) To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel..

Pipe :: Pipe (v. i.) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.

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

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

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) To sound shrill, or like a pipe; to make a sharp, shrill sound; as, a bullet whistles through the air..

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