- (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.
- (v.t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
- (n.) A shrill sound.
- (v.i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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