shrill+cry

  • 91Squeak — (skw[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squeaked} (skw[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeaking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv[ a]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.] 1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry,… …

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  • 92Squeaked — Squeak Squeak (skw[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squeaked} (skw[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeaking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv[ a]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.] 1. To utter a sharp,… …

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  • 93Squeaking — Squeak Squeak (skw[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squeaked} (skw[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeaking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv[ a]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.] 1. To utter a sharp,… …

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  • 94trumpet — trumpetless, adj. trumpetlike, adj. /trum pit/, n. 1. Music. a. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup shaped mouthpiece at …

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  • 95squeal — /skwil / (say skweel) noun 1. a more or less prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, etc. 2. Colloquial a protest or complaint. –verb (i) 3. to utter or emit a squeal or squealing sound. 4. to cry for mercy. 5. Colloquial to turn informer …

  • 96crow — crow1 [krō] n. [ME croue < OE crawa, akin to Ger krähe, ON kraka < IE base * ger , echoic of hoarse cry > CRAKE, CRANE, CRACK1] 1. a) any of a genus (Corvus) of large, nonmigratory corvids with glossy black plumage and a typical harsh… …

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  • 97cheep — n. & v. n. the weak shrill cry of a young bird. v.intr. make such a cry. Etymology: imit.: cf. PEEP(2) …

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  • 98Scream — Scream, n. A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech. Screams of horror. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 99Screech — (skr[=e]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan …

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  • 100Screeched — Screech Screech (skr[=e]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw.… …

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