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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Shrill

/shrĭl/ · IPA /ʃɹɪl/
01 a. Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
  1. 1.
    Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
    “Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused.” — Shak.
    “Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high.” — Byron.
02 n. A shrill sound.
  1. 1.
    A shrill sound.[Obs.]
03 v. i. To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling
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    To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
    “Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.” — Spenser.
    “No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.” — Goldsmith.
    “His voice shrilled with passion.” — L. Wallace.
04 v. t. To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
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    To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
    “How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth.” — Shak.