intransitive. To make a harsh noise, creak, roar, rattle; to cry out loudly, yell, howl.

intransitive. Of sound: to be discordant or dissonant; to jar, clash. Frequently with with. Now rare.

To make a discordant or unmusical noise; to sound or ‘jingle’ harshly or discordantly.

intransitive. Of music: to sound wrong, out of tune, or displeasing. Obsolete.

intransitive. To make or emit a harsh grating sound; to make a musical discord; to sound harshly or in discord with other sounds. Also figurative.

intransitive. To utter a harsh or shrill sound; to chatter, jar.

intransitive. To give a harsh sound; to creak. Obsolete.

intransitive. To give loud or impassioned utterance to anger, displeasure, disapprobation, reproof. figurative. Applied to sounds which suggest angry…

transferred. To utter a similar cry; to make a discordant, hideous noise; to quarrel like cats.

intransitive. To make a harsh noise. Obsolete.

To make a noise suggestive of or comparable to wrangling; to jangle.

intransitive. To thrill or tingle, esp. with fear or in reaction to a harsh noise. Also: (of machinery) to make a juddering noise.

intransitive. To make a harsh, jarring, or grating sound. (Alsoquasi- transitive with cognate object.)

intransitive. To play on the saxophone. Also figurative, to produce a loud and raucous noise.