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Noun: shrilling  shri-ling
  1. A continuing shrill noise
    "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"
Verb: shrill  shril
  1. Utter a shrill cry
    - shriek, pipe up, pipe

Derived forms: shrillings

Type of: call, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], noise, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell

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