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shrilling

shrilling is the present participle and gerund of shrill.

Meaning of shrill

Verb

shrill (third-person singular simple present shrills, present participle shrilling, simple past and past participle shrilled)

  1. To make a shrill noise.
    • And all wee dwell in deadly night, / O heauie herſe. / Breake we our pipes, that ſhrild as lowde as Larke, / O carefull verſe.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 45, recto

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Noun

shrilling (plural shrillings)

  1. A sound that shrills.
    • Long, harp-like shrillings, or soft gush of sounds.a. 1833, William Wilberforce, Worship

Forms of shrilling

pluralshrillings

Words formed from shrilling

Questions about shrilling

What does shrilling mean?
Shrilling means a sound that shrills.
What is shrilling the present participle and gerund of?
Shrilling is the present participle and gerund of shrill.
What part of speech is shrilling?
Shrilling is a noun.
What is the plural of shrilling?
The plural of shrilling is shrillings.

Words near shrilling in the dictionary

  1. Shrillary
  2. shrillcock
  3. shrilled
  4. shriller
  5. shrillest
  6. shrilling
  7. shrillingly
  8. shrillings
  9. shrillish
  10. shrillly
  11. shrillness

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