See Also: shrill(medicine)
shrill(1)(dictionary)
shrill(2)(dictionary)
shrill 1, adjective(dictionary)
shrill 2, verb(dictionary)

shrill(2) (iou)



shrill verb & noun. ME.

A. verb.
verb intrans. Sound shrilly; make a shrill noise; speak or cry with a shrill voice. ME.
M. M. Atwater A myriad flying and crawling things shrilled happily. Church Times London is full of faulty..burglar alarms shrilling away.
verb trans. Emit or express in a shrill tone; utter with a shrill voice. Also foll. by out. L16.
C. Mackenzie 'What?' Jockey shrilled like a questing falcon. W. Soyinka The drill-major shrilled his orders.
b. noun. A shrill sound or cry. L16.
B. Hines The shrill of the whistle immediately obliterated every other sound.