Shrilling: alternatives and connections

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

Sharp; shrill.

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 f…

To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup.

To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries.

Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by p…

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

To make a loud or shrill noise.

A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its…

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.

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 pi…

Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings wit…

A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males…

An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.