Shrill
111Scream — (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed} (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[ a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf. {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or… …
112Screamed — Scream Scream (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed} (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[ a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf. {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden,… …
113Screaming — Scream Scream (skr[=e]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screamed} (skr[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaming}.] [Icel. skr[ae]ma to scare, terrify; akin to Sw. skr[ a]ma, Dan. skr[ae]mme. Cf. {Screech}.] To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden,… …
114Shriek — Shriek, n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. [1913 Webster] Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Shriek owl}. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) …
115Shriek owl — Shriek Shriek, n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like. [1913 Webster] Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Shriek owl}. (Zo[… …
116Shrillness — Shrill ness, n. The quality or state of being shrill. [1913 Webster] …
117Skirl — Skirl, v. t. & i. [Of Scand. origin, and originally the same word as E. shrill.] To utter in a shrill tone; to scream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] …
118Stridulate — Strid u*late, v. t. [See {Stridulous}.] To make a shrill, creaking noise; specifically (Zo[ o]l.), to make a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects. [1913 Webster] …
119stridulate — intransitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: back formation from stridulation, from French, high pitched sound, from Latin stridulus shrill Date: 1838 to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures used especially… …
120peep — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English pepen, of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. to utter a feeble shrill sound as of a bird newly hatched ; cheep 2. to utter the slightest sound II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a …
