nnoun.eventa continuing shrill noiseExamples:- the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
Derivationally Related Form:shrill
Hypernyms:noise
Inherited Hypernyms:shrillingnoisesoundhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationutter a shrill crySynset:pipe pipe up shriek shrill
Derivationally Related Form:shriekshriekingshrilling
Hypernyms:call cry holler hollo scream shout shout out squall yell
Inherited Hypernyms:shriekshoututter
Direct Hyponyms:caterwaulyowl
Full Troponyms:yowl
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | The birds --- in the woods (apply to: shriek, shrill) | The woods --- with many kinds of birds (apply to: shriek, shrill)