SHRILLING

shrilling

(noun) a continuing shrill noise; “the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets”--P. J. Searles

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

shrilling

present participle of shrill

Noun

shrilling (plural shrillings)

A sound that shrills.

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

Source: Wiktionary

SHRILL

Shrill, a. [Compar. Shriller; superl. Shrillest.] Etym: [OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]

Definition: Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron.

Shrill, n.

Definition: A shrill sound. [Obs.] Spenser.

Shrill, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.] Etym: [OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skrölta to jolt, Sw. skrälla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr. Cf. Skirl.]

Definition: To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill. Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. Spenser. No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. Goldsmith. His voice shrilled with passion. L. Wallace.

Shrill, v. t.

Definition: To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition