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

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

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

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

Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Screaming :: Screaming (a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.

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

Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) The shrill sound made by wind passing among trees or through crevices, or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a small orifice, or impinging against the edge of a metallic bell or cup..

Stridulate :: Stridor (n.) A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise..

Stridulation :: Stridulate (v. t.) to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects..

Scream :: Scream (n.) A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech..

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

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

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

Pipe :: Pipe (v. t.) To perform, as a tune, by playing on a pipe, flute, fife, etc.; to utter in the shrill tone of a pipe..

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

Squeaker :: Squeak (n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed..

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..

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

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

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