noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sound that shrills.

   "Long, harp-like shrillings, or soft gush of sounds."

2. 2
   a continuing shrill noise wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of shrill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

stridenthighshriekabsonantacuteargute

Example

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"Long, harp-like shrillings, or soft gush of sounds."

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